- Ariel H.
- Friday, June 24, 2022
This weekly blog series, published each Friday evening, features five films from streaming services which you can access for free using your library card.
Below you'll find 5 titles that exemplify the meaning of "Dysfunctional & Non-Conventional Relationships". With each of these films, you'll see characters striving for a particular goal, only to be deterred by a meaningful and lifelong experience.
Together Together
(2021), 91 minutes
When a young loner becomes the gestational surrogate for a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries, and the particulars of love.
Available to stream on Kanopy.
At Middleton
(2014), 101 minutes
Academy Award(r)-nominees Andy Garcia (OCEAN'S ELEVEN FRANCHISE, CITY ISLAND) and Vera Farmiga (THE DEPARTED, TV's BATES MOTEL) shine as George and Edith, two separate parents who fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children's college tour. George is an uptight surgeon with a rebellious teenage son. Edith is a free spirit with an overachieving teen daughter. When they meet during an admissions tour with their kids at the small, idyllic Middleton University, they decide to ditch the group and soon discover the only thing better than the college tour, is the detour. Taissa Farmiga (THE BLING RING, TV's AMERICAN HORROR STORY), Nicholas Braun (THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER), and Peter Riegert (TV's DAMAGES) co-star in this story about what can happen on your first day of college - no matter who you are.
Available to stream on Kanopy.
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Wild Mountain Thyme
(2020), 103 minutes
Family conflicts arise when the patriarch threatens to give their farm over to an American nephew as opposed to his own son.
Available to stream on Kanopy.
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Eat Drink Man Woman
(1994), 125 minutes
Director Ang Lee weaves a funny, poignant and always entertaining story of one family and their traditions. Centered on a father and his three unmarried daughters living in Taiwan, each Sunday the family, as is their tradition, gathers around the table to share a meal, stories and digest the wisdom of their all-knowing father. Both love and laughter are endless in this utterly charming film that was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film!
Available to stream on Kanopy.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
(2016), 102 minutes
From acclaimed New Zealand director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do in the Shadows) comes an award-winning new comedy. Julian Dennison (Godzilla vs Kong) stars as Ricky, a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle played by Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, and Peaky Blinders) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together.
Available to stream on Kanopy.