Jonathan Demme
Series
Criterion collection volume 563
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A straitlaced Wall Street tax consultant sets off on a wild and ultimately dangerous weekend with an unpredictable woman he has just met.
10) Philadelphia
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Two competing lawyer join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed...
12) Philadelphia
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A young Philadelphia lawyer with AIDS is the victim of irrational fear of the disease and fights back in the courts where even his own attorney is phobic.
13) Swing shift
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A vivid look at the wartime conditions that stood society on its head. Examines what happened to the men and women in the factories making weapons rather than following the troops.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Français
Description
This documentary, presented by Jonathan Demme, paints a low-key, entrancing portrait of African guitar legend Boubacar Traore, known to his countrymen as Karkar, a musician who regularly stirred the spirits of listeners on the radio and the dance floor during the early 1960s after Mali achieved independence.
17) Song one
Publisher
Cinedigm Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A romantic drama set against the backdrop of Brooklyn's vibrant modern-folk music scene. After Franny's musician brother Henry is injured and hospitalized in a coma following a car accident, Franny returns home after a long estrangement and begins to use his notebook as a guide to how his life has evolved in her absence. As she seeks out the musicians and artists Henry loved, she meets James Forester, his musical idol, whose success and fame belie...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This tracks the story of racism that became the longest litigated civil rights case in American history. An emotional story of social justice, this unsettling documentary is also a cautionary tale of equal rights gone wrong that is relevant today more than ever.