Matt Dillon
1) On the road
Author
Formats
Description
A reprint of the 1957 novel that defined the beat generation of the 1950s, in which Sal Paradise tells about his travels throughout the North American continent in search of belief and meaning.
2) Nimic
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life. Yorgos Lanthimos' new film was selected at TIFF, Locarno Film Festival and BFI London in 2019.
3) Factotum
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Henry Chinaski (Dillon) considers himself a writer, and on occasion writes. Mostly he quests for the booze and women that sidetrack and seduce (like that played by Oscar winner Marisa Tomei), rather than inspire. When he falls for Jan (Lili Taylor), the soulful connection fails to save either from their self-destructive ways, and the relationship totters between earnest connection and reflective loathing.
4) Native Son
Pub. Date
1986.
Description
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
5) Proxima
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Sarah is an astronaut and lives alone with her daughter. When she is chosen to be part of a space mission, it creates chaos in their relationship.
7) Capone
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Al "Fonzo" Capone (Tom Hardy) was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Capone's mind and his past becomes present as harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life.
9) In & Out
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
Howard Brackett's life is turned upside down when one of his former students, who is now a movie star, refers to him as being gay during the Academy Awards telecast. Howard denies the assertion and is only days away from marrying the fiancée he's managed to hold at bay for a full three years. A slick and aggressive TV reporter is determined to get Howard to speak the truth.
11) Girl Most Likely
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Comedy starring Kristen Wiig. Imogene is a hapless writer living in New York who is forced to move back to her mother's house in New Jersey when her career takes a serious downturn. Greeted by an old male lodger sleeping in her room, and her mother's new toy-boy, she soon feels trapped and frustrated. However, she eventually begins to realize the importance of family and embraces her roots - whilst looking for her ticket out of there.
12) Land of Dreams
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
In small-town America, Simin, an Iranian immigrant, works for the United States Census Bureau which has gone beyond data collection and now explores the dreams of citizens for unknown intentions. Playful and poignant, the film acknowledges the greatness of the American experiment while offering a warning beacon for what could come.
13) Crash
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
2-disc director's cut ed.
Description
"This ... urban thriller tracks the volatile intersection of a multiethnic cast of characters struggling to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another's lives. In the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor, during the next 36 hours, they will all collide."--Container.
15) Going in style
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Rental [edition]
Description
Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
16) The outsiders
Pub. Date
2008, c1983
Formats
Description
Francis Ford Coppola's stylized teen melodrama is based on the popular novel by S. E. Hinton. In 1960s Tulsa, the "right" and "wrong" sides of the tracks are represented by rival gangs, the upscale Socs and the underprivileged Greasers. Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze) is doing his best to raise his two younger brothers, Sodapop (Rob Lowe in his first film role) and Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell). Sensitive Ponyboy is a budding writer in love with Cherry...
17) Armored
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
A group of veteran officers at an armored transport security firm pressure a new guard into stealing one of their own company's trucks containing $42 million dollars. Using a seemingly sure-fire plan, the men plan to make off with the money with no harm done until an unexpected witness causes their plan to come apart at the seams.
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
19) Capone
Pub. Date
2020
Description
The 47-year old Al Capone, after ten years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. 13 years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Ted learns the truth but continues to encounter offbeat...