2015 Donation Schedule and Reviews for the Ligonier Valley Library

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January, 2015:

  1. ANNA KARENINA subtitled from Russia   Director: Alexander Zarkhi epic live action feature drama starring Tatiana Samoilova suitable for teens and adults (Click Here) for review

  1. THE LAST TRAIN HOME subtitled feature documentary from China  Is the traditional nuclear Chinese family breaking down under migrant work exigencies? Watch this film. See what you think. An unvarnished look at contemporary Chinese life.  Suitable for ages 16 and up.  (Click Here) for review

February, 2015:

  1. PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK from Australia live action suspense drama with haunting music and cinematography   Director: Peter Weir   suitable for ages 16 and up (Click Here) for review

  2. PROMISES subtitled live action feature documentary from Palestine / Israel What happens when a teenage group of sports enthusiasts from conflicting religious backgrounds are brought together for common engagement in game context? Not what you might expect. Highly recommended.   suitable for teens and adults (Click Here)

  1. BABETTE’S FEAST from Denmark subtitled live action feature drama rated G  Based on the story by Isak Dinesen, a.k.a Karen Blixen. Winner, Oscar®,  Best Foreign Language Film.   Director: Gabriel Axel   suitable for teens and adults (Click Here) for Review

March, 2015:

  1. DUCK SOUP from the United States live action feature screwball comedy featuring the Marx Brothers   Director: Leo McCarey suitable for teens and adults (Click Here) for Review

  2. MODERN TIMES from the United States live action mostly silent feature satirical comedy starring Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard   Director:  Charles Chaplin suitable for teens and adults (Click Here) for review

April, 2015:

  1. I’M ALL RIGHT, JACK from the United Kingdom live action feature comedy about labor / capital relations starring Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas

Director: John Boulting   suitable for teens and adults (Click Here) for Review

  1. SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS from the United States live action feature musical comedy starring Howard Keel and Jane Powell   Director: Stanley Donen suitable for teens and adults (Click Here) for review

May, 2015:

  1. THE JEWISH CARDINAL from France and Italy subtitled live action feature historical drama about Jean-Marie Lustiger and church-state relationships in Poland   Director: Ilan Duran Cohen   suitable for ages 16 and up (Click Here) for review

  2. KOSHER from France subtitled live action short comedy, nearly wordless  Director: Isabelle Stead   suitable for family viewing ( see review of The Jewish Cardinal above)

June, 2015:

BUSBY BERKELEY MUSICALS: DAMES / FOOTLIGHT PARADE / 42ND STREET /GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933   four live action feature musicals choreographed by Busby Berkeley   Dancing, anyone?

DAMES   U.S.   1934   Director: Ray Enright   with Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, and ZaSu Pitts

FOOTLIGHT PARADE   U.S.   1933   Director: Lloyd Bacon   with James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, and Guy Kibbee

42ND STREET   U.S.   1933   Director: Lloyd Bacon   with Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Bebe Daniels, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, and Ginger Rogers

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933   U.S.   1933   Director: Mervyn LeRoy with Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Ginger Rogers, and

Sterling Holloway suitable for teens and adults

July, 2015:

  1. THE BIG SLEEP from the United States 1946   Director: Howard Hawks   live action feature film noir with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Regis Toomey, Dorothy Malone, and Elisha Cook, Jr.     Adult viewing. (Click Here) for review

  2. THE CITY from the United States 1939   Co-Directors: Willard Van Dyke and Ralph Steiner   live action short documentary about urban planning   Music by Aaron Copland.   suitable for family viewing (Click Here) for review

August, 2015:

WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED ANIMATION: CINEMA FAVORITES   from the United States   13 restored short animations from Termite Terrace   This dvd set includes the following titles: POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINBAD THE SAILOR, PEACE ON EARTH, SUPERMAN, RHAPSODY IN RIVETS, THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BLITZ WOLF, PIGS IN A POLKA, WALKY TALKY HAWKY, and DR. JEKYLL AND MR. MOUSE suitable for teens and adults (Click Here) for review

September, 2015:

  1. OSKAR FISCHINGER CLASSICS from the Weimar Republic and the United States 10 short abstract animations fusing music and art, including ALLEGRETTO and National Film Registry inductee MOTION PAINTING NO. 1    suitable for family viewing (Click Here) for review

  1. THE GERMAN DOCTOR a.k.a. WAKOLDA from Argentina Director: Lucia Puenzo   subtitled live action feature drama about Joseph Mengele’s activities in South America in the 1960s, adapted from the director’s own bestselling novel   rated PG-13; appropriate for mature teens and adults   Winner of 10 awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina: Best Film, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design/Art Direction, Best New Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup (Click Here) for review

October, 2015:

  1. SHADOWS from the United States Director: John Cassavetes   excellent jazz score   first adult-oriented American independent live action feature drama and a major influence on a whole generation of young directing novices (Click Here) for review

  1. AZUR & ASMAR: THE PRINCES’ QUEST from France subtitled feature animation fantasy drama   Director: Michel Ocelot suitable for teens and adults (Click Here) for review

November, 2015:

  1. THE CAMERAMAN’S REVENGE & OTHER FANTASTIC TALES from Russia, France, and Great Britain twelve short animations by master puppet animator Ladislaw Starewicz, ranging from the titular 1912 silent to a 1958 wordless color fantasy, WINTER CAROUSEL   This set includes such landmark subtitled films as THE FROGS WHO WANTED A KING and THE MASCOT, the latter a huge influence on the makers of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.   suitable for teens and adults (Click Here) for review

  2. WAR WITCH from the Democratic Republic of Congo Director: Kim Nguyen filmed by a Canadian production team   live action feature adult war drama about child soldiers in the DRC   Winner, 10 Genie Awards (Canada’s Oscars) in 2013: These include Best Motion Picture, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Lead Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound, and Best Editing (Click Here) for review

December, 2015:

1.  KANDUKONDAIN-KANDUKONDAIN(I-HAVE-FOUND-IT) (Click Here) for review

2.  Journey To The Christmas Star (Click Here) for review

3.   KATEDRA (THE CATHEDRAL) (Click Here) for review