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Fallen leaves [videorecording] / producer, Aki Kaurismäki.

Published: [United Kingdom] : Mubi, 2024.
1 DVD (81 min.) : colour
Aki Kaurismäki writes and directs this Finnish drama starring Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen. After meeting the quiet and unassuming Ansa (Pöysti) in a karaoke bar, Holappa (Vatanen) falls for her and wants to find her again, but has lost her phone number. When the two eventually reconnect they slowly pursue a romance with each other, but will Holappa's alcoholism get in the way?
1 reserve

Richmond Lending Library - DVD Standard 12 - 791.437 - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 14 May 2024) - On Reserve Shelf

Eileen [videorecording] / producer, Stefanie Azpiazu; producer, Anthony Bregman; producer, Peter Cron; producer, Luke Goebel; producer, Bavand Karim; producer, Ottessa Moshfegh; producer, William Oldroyd.

Published: [United Kingdom] : Medium Rare, 2024.
1 DVD (98 min.) : colour
William Oldroyd directs this mystery thriller starring Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie. Set in a juvenile detention centre for boys in 1960s Boston, every day in secretary Eileen Dunlop (McKenzie)'s life is exactly the same. Until, that is, the facility employs new psychologist Rebecca (Hathaway) whose methods are somewhat unconventional. As Eileen and Rebecca form an unlikely bond, their attempts to treat a troubled boy have disastrous consequences. The cast also includes Shea Whigham, Sam Nivola and Owen Teague.

Teddington Library - DVD Standard 15 - 791.437 - Available

One life [videorecording] / producer, Iain Canning; producer, Guy Heeley; producer, Joanna Laurie; producer, Emile Sherman.

Published: [United Kingdom] : Warner Bros. Home Ent., 2024.
1 DVD (105 min.) : colour
James Hawes directs this British drama which portrays the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton, a British man who helped hundreds of vulnerable children escape the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. During a visit to Prague in 1938, Nicholas (Johnny Flynn) was driven to help Trevor Chadwick (Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warinner (Romola Garai) in their efforts to save as many children as possible from the looming threat of the Nazis and transport them to safe countries. Despite his role in ensuring the safety of 669 children, Nicholas struggles to come to terms with the knowledge that many more were left behind. Five decades later, however, Nicholas (Anthony Hopkins) is invited to a special edition of a live television show where a life changing surprise awaits him.

Ham Library - DVD Standard 12 - 791.437 - Onloan - Due: 22 May 2024

Wednesday: The complete first season [videorecording]

Published: [United Kingdom] : MGM, 2024.
3 DVDs (372 min.) : colour
All eight episodes from the first season of the television comedy horror based on the character of Wednesday Addams, created by Charles Addams. Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) has been expelled from her school after she violently retaliates against the bullies of her brother, Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez). Wednesday's parents, Gomez and Morticia Addams (Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones) send her to Nevermore Academy for outcasts, but Wednesday refuses to fit in. One day, however, Wednesday discovers her psychic powers, which might just be the key to solving a murder mystery... The episodes are: 'Wednesday's Child Is Full of Woe', 'Woe Is the Loneliest Number', 'Friend Or Woe', 'Woe What a Night', 'You Reap What You Woe', 'Quid Pro Woe', 'If You Don't Woe Me By Now' and 'A Murder of Woes'.

Castelnau Library - DVD Boxed Set 12 - 791.457 - Available

Mean girls (2024) [videorecording] / producer, Erin David; producer, Tina Fey; producer, Micah Frank; producer, Sonia Friedman; producer, Eric Gurian; producer, Lorne Michaels; producer, Jeff Richmond; producer, Christine Schwarzman; producer, Marisa Sechrest.

Published: [United Kingdom] : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2024.
1 DVD (108 min.) : colour
Angourie Rice and Reneé Rapp star in this musical comedy based on the stage musical and 2004 film of the same name. After being home-schooled by her mother in Kenya for years, naive teenager Cady Heron (Rice) returns to America and must attempt to fit in at her new high school. As her friends Damian (Jacquel Spivey) and Janis (Auli'i Cravalho) show her around, they explain the social hierarchy to her and Cady soon crosses paths with the Plastics, the mean girls who run the school. When Regina George (Rapp), the leader of the Plastics, welcomes Cady into her group, Cady comes to enjoy being popular, but her crush on Aaron (Christopher Briney), Regina's ex-boyfriend, soon leads to conflict with the Plastics and Cady must decide what truly matters to her. The cast also includes Bebe Wood, Avantika, Tina Fey and Jon Hamm.

Twickenham Library - DVD Standard 12 - 791.437 - Available

The color purple [videorecording] / producer, Quincy Jones; producer, Scott Sanders; producer, Steven Spielberg; producer, Oprah Winfrey.

Published: [United Kingdom] : Warner Bros. Home Ent., 2024.
1 DVD (135 min.) : colour
Blitz Bazawule directs this musical adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer prize-winning novel starring Fantasia Barrino and Colman Domingo. Over the course of 40 years, the film follows the life of Celie (Barrino), a poor black woman who endures years of abuse from her father and her husband Mister (Domingo). When her husband embarks on an affair with the beautiful Shug (Taraji P. Henson), an attraction is also formed between the two women, and lonely Celie finally begins to blossom. The cast also includes Danielle Brooks, Halle Bailey and Jon Batiste.

Teddington Library - DVD Standard 12 - 791.437 - Available

Next goal wins [videorecording] / producer, Garrett Basch; producer, Mike Brett; producer, Jonathan Cavendish; producer, Steve Jamison; producer, Taika Waititi.

Published: [United Kingdom] : 20th Century Studios, 2024.
1 DVD (99 min.) : colour
Taika Waititi co-writes and directs this comedy drama about the American Samoa football team's quest to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, despite being known as one of the weakest teams in the world. After losing 31-0 to Australia and enduring a decade without any signs of improvement, the team hires troubled Dutch-American coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender), hoping that he can spark a change in their fortunes. Rongen, however, is struggling with his own problems and may need this team just as badly as they need him. The cast also includes Oscar Kightley, Beulah Koale, Kaimana, Elisabeth Moss and Will Arnett.

Whitton Library - DVD Standard 12 - 791.437 - Available

Poor things [videorecording] / producer, Ed Guiney; producer, Yorgos Lanthimos; producer, Andrew Lowe; producer, Emma Stone.

Published: [United Kingdom] : 20th Century Studios, 2024.
1 DVD (136 min.) : colour & black and white
Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe star in this black comedy fantasy drama directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. When medical student Max McCandles (Ramy Youssef) begins working with eccentric surgeon Godwin Baxter (Dafoe), he falls in love with Godwin's ward, Bella (Stone). He soon learns that Godwin resurrected Bella after her death and gave her the brain of an infant. However, as Bella's mind develops, she begins to crave knowledge and life experience and embarks on a journey of self-discovery that takes her across Europe as she breaks free from those who would control her. The cast also includes Jerrod Carmichael, Hanna Schygulla, Suzy Bemba and Christopher Abbott.

Hampton Hill Library - DVD Standard 18 - 791.437 - In-transit from Whitton Library to Hampton Hill Library (Set: 14 May 2024)

The holdovers [videorecording] / producer, Bill Block; producer, David Hemingson.

Published: [United Kingdom] : Dazzler, 2024.
1 DVD (127 min.) : colour
Paul Giamatti stars in this comedy drama from director Alexander Payne. Classics professor Paul Hunham (Giamatti) is disliked by his students for his harsh critique and general persona. When he jeopardises the school's funding by giving the son of an important donor a low grade, headmaster Hardy Woodrup (Andrew Garman) assigns him to holdover duty, minding the students unable to go home for the holidays. Along with school chef Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), Paul must take care of student Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa) whose mother cancelled their holiday in favour of a trip with her new husband. As the unlikely trio make the best of a bad situation, they attempt to enjoy each others' company and find common ground.
4 reserves

Hampton Hill Library - DVD Standard 15 - 791.437 - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024
Whitton Library - DVD Standard 15 - 791.437 - On Order

The taste of things [videorecording] / producer, Olivier Delbosc.

Published: [United Kingdom] : Picturehouse, 2024.
1 DVD (135 min.) : colour
Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel star in this French historical drama written and directed by Tran Anh Hung. Eugénie (Binoche) works as a cook for Dodin (Magimel), a gourmand who enjoys the creative brilliance of her food. They are in love and have been together for years, but Eugénie continues to decline his proposals of marriage, preferring that their relationship remain as it is. However, Dodin's plans to invite a visiting prince to his home for a meal are complicated by his growing concern for Eugénie's health. The cast also includes Galatéa Bellugi and Bonnie Chagneau-Ravoire.
2 reserves

East Sheen Library - DVD Standard 12 - 791.437 - Onloan - Due: 09 Jul 2024

The end we start from [videorecording] / producer, Adam Ackland; producer, Leah Clarke; producer, Sophie Hunter; producer, Amy Jackson; producer, Liza Marshall.

Published: [United Kingdom] : Signature Entertainment, 2024.
1 DVD (98 min.) : colour
Mahalia Belo directs this British survival drama based on the novel by Megan Hunter. Jodie Comer plays the role of a young woman who is pregnant with her first child. Along with her husband (Joel Fry) she travels to hospital after her waters break, but a torrential storm looms over their journey into parenthood. As the world prepares for impending disaster from catastrophic floods, the new parents must navigate their new lives while saying goodbye to their home. The cast also includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong and Gina McKee.

East Sheen Library - DVD Standard 15 - 791.437 - Available

Our friends in the north: Complete series

Author: Eccleston, Christopher
Published: Simply Home Entertainment, 2010.
623.

Twickenham Library - DVD Boxed Set 15 - 791.457 - Available