Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally best selling book about incentives-based thinking by renowned economists Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Like the book, the film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years.
2) Serena
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 1929, just as the Depression has hit, George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newlyweds, move from Boston to North Carolina to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving a man's life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers...
3) Melancholia
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In this beautifully filmed movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. A planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth and threatening to collide. Meanwhile, tensions are mounting and relationships are fraying as the family deals with their fears.
4) Evil
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Swedish
Description
Erik's life is full of violence and conflict. When he is expelled from school, he is sent to a boarding school as a last chance and is tormented by his classmates. Can he revolt against the harassment without breaking the rules?
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to '70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics, and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own literature.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"... a love story and a murder mystery set against the backdrop of a New York real estate dynasty in the 1980s... inspired by the disappearance of Kathie McCormack, wife of real estate heir Robert Durst. Mr. Durst was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found"--Container.
7) Iris
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look into the life of fashion icon Iris Apfel, and her husband of over 60 years: the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven with an outsized presence on the New York & Palm Beach fashion scenes. Despite the abundance of glamour in her current life, Iris continues to embrace the values and work ethic established during a middle-class Queens upbringing during the Great Depression.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Norwegian
Description
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Explores the dynamic world and cathartic power of swing dance, from its historic origins to its impact on today. Boiled down to its core, swing dancing is about the pursuit of happiness. The film follows several swing dancers as they find joy through dance.
10) 360
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Starts in Vienna, weaving stories set in Paris, London, Bratislava, Rio, Denver, and Phoenix into a single narrative. A businessman who is tempted to be unfaithful to his wife sets into motion a series of events which ripple around the globe with dramatic consequences.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) introduces a new fashion exhibition Gala Event every year on the first Monday of May. A grand fashion and cultural exhibit fundraiser, the event is attended by A-List celebrities such as George Clooney, Rihanna, Kardashians, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts and on. The film goes back stage at MOMA and the famous fashion houses in Europe, giving the viewer unprecedented access to fashion and cultural archives.
13) Life itself
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The legacy of Roger Ebert's life, recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of the world-renowned film critic and social commentator, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism at the Chicago Sun-Times to becoming one of the most influential cultural voices in America.
14) Humpday
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Ben and Andrew are best friends since college. After a wild night of partying, they decide to enter an amateur porn film festival by filming themselves having sex with each other. The only things stopping them is that one of them is married, and neither of them is homosexual.
15) To the wonder
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Neil is an American traveling in Europe who meets and falls in love with Marina. After visiting Mont Saint-Michel, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Marina meets a priest and fellow exile, who is struggling with his vocation, while Neil renews his ties with a childhood friend, Jane.
16) Compliance
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tells the chilling story of just how far one might go to obey a figure of authority. On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food joint, high-strung manager Sandra Ann Dowd receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee, a pretty young blonde named Becky, has stolen money from a customer. Convinced she's only doing what's right, Sandra commences the investigation, following step-by-step instructions from the officer...
17) Zappa
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa.
18) Slay the dragon
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Gerrymandering has become an immensely powerful weapon of partisan advantage, creating an unresponsive and unaccountable government. But ahead of the 2020 elections and a new round of redistricting, voters are fighting back. With exclusive access to influential, citizen-led activist groups, as well as the legal team that brought the most important voting rights case in a generation to the Supreme Court, the film chronicles the civic grit that is turning...
19) Jesus camp
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future. Follow these children at summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota as they hone their 'prophetic gifts'.