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Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Based on P.D. James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of justice." --
3) Possession
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Roland is an academic researcher who discovers some important letters written by a famous Victorian poet, Randolph Henry Ash. Ash was presumed to have been totally devoted to his wife, but Roland finds letters written to another unnamed woman, and soon determines that the intended recipient was another, less well-known poet, Christabel LaMotte. Roland contacts Maud, an expert on LaMotte's life and work. Despite her skepticism, the two begin to investigate,...
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Bill, a struggling poet who pours his heart, soul, and last few dollars into starting a healthy food stand, surprising friends and customers with his dry wit and offbeat passion. Motivated by help from a rag-tag group of supporters and a budding romance with a poetry-loving customer, Bill strives to make a difference in the world, until surprising complications jeopardize his new friendships and threaten Bill's dreams for a hot dog-free future.
10) Lost illusions
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Français
Description
"When an aspiring poet joins a cynical team of journalists in nineteenth-century Paris, he agrees to write positive reviews for bribes, and finds success at the expense of his conscience."--
11) Adult world
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Fresh out of college, Amy is convinced she's going to be a famous poet; she just needs someone to acknowledge her greatness. But being unemployed and in debt, her prospects for literary fame look grim. She takes a job at a local adult bookstore where she juggles her responsibilities with pursuing a mentorship under a reclusive, crusty and alcoholic poet. As Amy tries to make her voice heard, she discovers that a little humility may be just what she...
12) Candy
Publisher
Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Dan is a poet who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. As Dan goes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, Candy changes from an actress to a streetwalker and then a madwoman. Starting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to try and go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant.
13) The laureate
Author
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A married couple's tenuous relationship is put to the test when they allow a stranger to come and live with them in their cottage."--
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Français
Description
A rapturous paean to France's near-revolution of May, 1968 and its aftermath. Love, youth, and disillusionment are captured in the infamous Parisian riots as student-poet François grapples with a doomed romance with the aloof sculptor Lilie.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Charlie MacKenzie, a San Francisco poet ... meets the girl of his dreams, Harriet Michaels. ... Charlie thinks Harriet could be the one ... until his mother, May, and cop/best friend, Tony, begin to suspect that Harriet could be an axe-wielding serial killer"--Container.
16) A fine madness
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Samson Shillitoe is a genius, a poet and carpet cleaner who ends up getting writer's block, gets into a series of disasters with his wife but keeps on smiling until he dallies with a psychiatrist's wife.
17) Behind the lines
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
As a psychiatrist at a respected Scottish asylum, Dr. Rivers heals shellshocked soldiers so they can be sent back into the trenches. Then he encounters a different kind of patient--a war hero sent to the asylum for publishing an outspoken anti-war pamphlet. As each struggles to cope with the war, the line between patient and doctor begins to blur. Taken from Pat Barker's 1991 novel Regeneration and based on true events.
Publisher
Ohio Street Pictures, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Kal is an aspiring poet, but truthfully, she's an artist who is lost. She tries desperately to find an outlet for her artistic voice as she struggles with her self-esteem and a difficult home life. When Kal meets fellow poet Curtis, it's the turmoil, surprise and uncertainty of a new love that ultimately help her find her voice-and a sense of self-worth.
19) Henry Fool
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Simon Grim, a nerdy young sanitation worker who lives in Queens with his depressed mother and promiscuous sister, turns out to be a brilliant poet and an overnight literary sensation, after being encouraged to write down his ideas by Henry Fool, a boozy pseudo-intellectual who rents the Grim family basement." --
20) A quiet passion
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of American poet, Emily Dickinson.
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