Gus Van Sant
2) To die for
Series
Criterion collection volume 1213
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
[Director-approved special edition].
Language
English
Description
An amoral and ambitious news personality seduces a teenager to convince him to murder her husband.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Corporate salesman Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of an American small town at a crossroads.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Jamal Wallace is a talented young basketball player in New York City whose secret passion is writing. After an accidental meeting, Forrester, a reclusive novelist, becomes Jamal's unlikely mentor. Soon, both men learn lessons from each other about life and the importance of friendship.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Corporate salesman Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of an American small town at a crossroads.
7) Restless
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A terminally ill teenage girl falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and the two of them have numerous encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.
8) Milk
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977. His election makes him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death...
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Paranoid Park is directed by Gus Van Sant (last Days, Good Will Hunting) and is an adaptation of Blake Nelson's novel. Paranoid Park follows 16 year old skateboarder Alex, who accidently kills a secrity guard outside Paranoid Park, Portland's most infamous skateboarding park. When a police detective arrives at the local high school to ask Alex and his friends if they have any information about the death, Alex decides to say nothing, taking on a crushing...
10) The sea of trees
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Powerful story of love and redemption of an American professor, Arthur, who travels to Japan. He embarks on a spiritual and life-changing journey with Takumi, whom he found lost near the base of Mount Fuji. Takumi had gotten lost after attempting to commit suicide, now they fight for their survival while they are on their journey of reflection. Arthur's will to live reconnects him to his love for his wife.
Series
Criterion collection volume 277
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
[Director-approved special edition].
Language
English
Description
Mike and Scott, two young male prostitutes from different backgrounds, embark on a quest to find Mike's mother.
Series
Criterion collection volume 407
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A romantic deadbeat finds he has a crush on a handsome Mexican immigrant. Unfortunately, the man speaks no English and finds him to be undesirable.
13) The canyons
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unrated director's cut.
Language
English
Description
An erotic thriller about youth, glamour, sex and surveilance. While calculating young movie producer Christian (adult film star James Deen) makes films to keep his trust fund intact, his actress girlfriend, Tara (Lindsay Lohan), hides an affair with an actor from her past. But Christian becomes aware which thrusts the young Angelenos into a violent, sexually-charged tour through the dark side of human nature. Also stars Gus van Sant.
15) To die for
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
In a small town in New Hampshire, a media sensation erupts over a murder case against Suzanne Stone, in which she is accused of persuading teenagers to kill her husband, Larry Maretto. Obsessed with becoming a TV personality, she viewed her husband's desire for children as an impediment to her career.
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Fifteenth anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
The most brilliant mind at America's top university isn't a student-he's the kid who cleans the floors! Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who's failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.
17) Elephant
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen and full screen formats.
Language
English
Description
A realistic drama that takes the viewer inside an American high school on one single, ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic. It observes the comings and goings of its characters from a safe distance. The experiences of each student range from friendly and innocent to traumatic and deeply disturbing.
18) Wanderlust
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning directors of American splendor, this iconic movie traces America's love affair with the 'road movie' through interviews with Hollywood stars and clips from roadie classics.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jamal Wallace is a talented young basketball player in New York City whose secret passion is writing. After an accidental meeting, Forrester, a reclusive novelist, becomes Jamal's unlikely mentor. Soon, both men learn lessons from each other about life and the importance of friendship.
20) Psycho
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
"Criminal on the run, Marion Crane (Anne Heche) takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn)--a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his 'mother.' Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts inquiries from her sister (Julianne Moore) and a private investigator (William H. Macy). They both soon discover the morbid bond linking Norman to his mysterious 'mother' at the Bates Motel"--Container...
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