Strand Releasing (Firm)
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
Spain, 1966: Antonio is a teacher and a Beatles fan, facets he combines by getting his pupils to recite the lyrics from Help in English class. When he learns that his idol John Lennon is making a film in Almeria, he resolves to meet him. On the journey he picks up two young runaways: Bethlehem, a pregnant girl fleeing a convent, and Juanjo, a boy escaping a dictatorial father.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Two zany figures live on an idyllic little planet in a neighboring solar system. Egon is an ever so slightly eccentric amateur rocket scientist assisted in his endeavors by a clumsy and decidedly overfed catlike creature called Donci. When an unidentified object flies into their lives with a message from Earth, Egon decides that there is only one thing to do: establish contact with this distant civilization.
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
On the morning of his thirty-seventh birthday Michael Brown receives a telephone call from his estranged brother Tobey, which sends the two off on a day-long odyssey across a wild and weird Los Angeles in search of Tobey's 'reason for living.' Behind the wheel of a beat up old BMW, fuelled by hilarious banter and a killer soundtrack, the brothers' search leads them through a bizarre, beautiful land filled with surprising, comical characters to a very...
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
An American professor travels with his beautiful wife Helene to a Portuguese monastery to prove his theory that Shakespeare was actually of Spanish Jewish origin. The host at the convent is the sinister Baltar, who becomes infatuated with Helene. A classic battle of good versus evil ensues as the flirtation between the two develops leaving the viewer wondering which one of these characters is the Devil himself.
Publisher
Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
Français
Description
A poignant coming-of-age story set in southwest France in 1962. Sensitive young François is uncertain of his sexuality as he finds himself more attracted to his classmate Serge than to his platonic girlfriend Maïté. An older boy, Henri, is drawn into the circle, further complicating relationships. Through their passage into adulthood, the four experience a series of sexual and political conflicts as they explore the mysteries of the human heart....
7) Girlfriend
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Evan, a young adult with Down Syndrome, lives in a poor, working-class town. He unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and wishes to use it to help out an old high school crush. As the two become friends, their relationship is threatened by her ex-boyfriend, resulting in revealed secrets. A Toronto International Film Festival official selection and winner of three Audience Awards.
8) The Arbor
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Andrea Dunbar was an unflinchingly honest playwright who wrote about her distressing upbringing on the Arbor, the notorious Buttershaw Estate in Bradford, U.K. She died tragically in 1990 at the age of 29. This documentary follows her children as they begin to understand the struggles their mother faced. This film comprises personal letters, interviews with Andrea's family and friends, and a reading of her most celebrated play.
9) Loggerheads
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A handsome drifter makes a pilgrimage to the scenic coast of North Carolina; a woman searches for the son she gave up for adoption as a teenager; and a small town minister's wife longs for her estranged adopted son. These three stories intertwine.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
Santiago and Eugenio are best friends who run a thriving electronics store together. One day, Eugenio doesn't come to work, and Santiago delays telling anyone while trying to figure out why. Then Laura, Eugenio's wife, shows up to say that Eugenio has disappeared. Perplexed, the two embark on a journey to find him, only to discover that true happiness can sometimes mean losing everything.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Français
Description
Agathe is an uptight, impatient art dealer who lives in an expensive Parisian apartment with her wealthy publisher husband. Patrick is a skirt-chasing, unemployed single father who lives in a van with his son. Their lives would never intersect except that their two sons are best friends and her husband has hired Patrick to remodel their apartment. Hilarity ensues as this odd couple relationship turns into Agathe's worst nightmare.
12) Paper dolls
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
עברית
Description
After closing the border to Palestinian workers, Israeli authorities enticed foreigners to fill gaps in the job market. Filipinos in various stages of gender transition came as caregivers to elderly, orthodox Jewish men, but are still outsiders.
13) The untamed
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
"Alejandra's life is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious woman named Veronica. She introduces her to an isolated cabin in the woods where an otherworldly creature dwells." --
14) Toe to toe
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Tosha is an African-American scholarship student from Anacostia, one of Washingtons poorest areas. Jesse is a troubled and promiscuous white girl from the ritzy suburbs of Maryland. The two forge a close and genuine bond on the lacrosse field, but their friendship unravels as they navigate through race and class-related obstacles. When Jesse and Tosha discover that they've both been dating the same boy, the conflict becomes explosive.
15) Tony Takitani
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
Tony is an illustrator who's been alone all his life...until he meets Eiko, a beautiful woman who transforms his life. The only problem is that Eiko is a compulsive shopper with a penchant for high-end couture that leads to darkly satiric consequences.
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
John Rosow is a private detective hired to tail a man, Harold Fullmer, on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers Harold's identity as a missing person, one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing Harold back to his wife in New York City against his will. Rosow must confront whether the decision to return Harold to a...
17) Mogul mowgli
Author
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Multiple
Description
"A British-Pakistani rapper on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by an illness that forces him to face his past, his family, and the uncertainty of his legacy."--
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A Florida auto upholsterer attempts to transcend his mundane life by taming a wild red-tailed hawk. He chases his passion while caring for his autistic nephew and becoming caught up in an abstract and uneasy relationship with a young psychology student.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Solitary ornithologist Fernando embarks on a search for an elusive species of stork but is quickly swept away by raging rapids. Rescued by a pair of Chinese pilgrims, Fernando ends up lunging headlong into an eerie and dark forest.
