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(2011, p2010), Adult, 20th Century Fox Call No: DVD Fic Black Swan Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: '"You can't tear your eyes away' (Entertainment Weekly) from this 'wicked, psychosexual thriller' (Daily Variety) starring Academy Award winner Natalie Portman and directed by Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler). Portman delivers 'the performance of her career' (Vanity Fair) as Nina, a stunningly talented but dangerously unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her driven artistic director (Vincent Cassel) and the threat posed by a seductive rival dancer (Mila Kunis), Nina's tenuous grip on reality starts to slip away - plunging her into a waking nightmare."--Container.
![Black swan [DVD] (2010). Directed by Darren Aronofsky.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Black swan [DVD] (2010). Directed by Darren Aronofsky.")
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2003., Chivers Chivers Call No: LP Fic Aus Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Thorndike Press large print Americana series.
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2015., Adult, Entertainment One Films Canada Call No: DVD Fic Captive Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In this psychological thriller from Academy Award-nominated director Atom Egoyan, Matthew (Reynolds), must live through a parent's worst nightmare when his young daughter, Cassandra, vanishes without a trace. Years later, when detectives Nicole (Dawson) and Jeffrey (Speedman) discover recent images of Cassandra online, Matthew puts everything on the line to get his daughter back."--Container.
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c2010., Adult, E1 Films Canada : distributed exclusively in Canada by E1 Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Chloe Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Catherine is suspicious that her husband David is having an affair, and hires Chloe, an alluring young escort to test his fidelity. Their arranged weekly meeting allows Catherine to hear the explicit details of the encounters Chloe has with David. As Catherine becomes caught up in a web of sexual desire herself, she begins a journey that will put her family in grave danger. Is it too late to stop Chloe?.
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c2004., Adult, Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Cold Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
![Cold Creek Manor [DVD] (2004) Directed by Mike Figgis](/Library/images/~imageCT72153.JPG "Cold Creek Manor [DVD] (2004) Directed by Mike Figgis")
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-- Last escapec2010., Adult, Seville Pictures Call No: FR DVD Fic Last E Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Christmas approaches and the Levesque family has once again gathered for their traditional celebration. But this time there is a mixture of emotions running through each person. The patriarch of the family suffers from a combination of Parkinson's disease and heart failure. His life reduced in every way, the end approaches and there are unhappy memories of his once violent and authoritarian past.
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2001., Adult, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Darko Edition: Widescreen version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In this psychological thriller, a troubled teen comes face to face with his destiny. As he struggles with suburban alienation and delusions, visitations from a demonic rabbit lead him through dark visions of the future.
![Fallen [DVD] (1998) Director, Gregory Hoblit.](/Library/images/~imageCT73560.JPG "Fallen [DVD] (1998) Director, Gregory Hoblit.")
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[2020]., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Fic Wat Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Explores themes of memory and identity in the story of a documentary filmmaker who investigates the disappearance of a girl from a quiet fishing village.
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-- 5 fingersc2009., Adult, Lionsgate ; distributed in Canada by Maple Pictures Call No: DVD Fic Five Fingers Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Martijn (Ryan Phillippe), an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under threat of death, the young man engages in a mental chess match with Ahmat (Laurence Fishburne), trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate."--Container.
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(2006)., Adult, DreamWorks Call No: DVD Fic Flags Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The life stories of the men who raised the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima.
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2007., Adult, Alliance Atlantis : distributed exclusively in Canada by Motion Picture Distribution LP Call No: DVD Fic Fracture Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins and Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling are brilliant in this 'exceptionally suspenseful nail-biter' (Rex Reed) that's so smart it 'doesn't let go, even after the final twist' (Gene Shalit, Today). Ted Crawford (Hopkins) brutally murders his wife and calmly waits for the police to arrest him. With the weapon and a signed confession in hand, Deputy D.A. Willy Beachum (Gosling), believes a conviction is a slam dunk; that is until the case completely unravels. Now, with little evidence, Beachum goes head to head with the cunning Mr. Crawford in a desperate search for the truth and the answer to one burning question: How is this guy getting away with it?"--Container.
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-- Stieg Larsson's The girl who kicked the hornet's nest(2011, p2010)., Adult, distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Films Call No: DVD Fic Girl III Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Under police guard in hospital, Lisbeth Salander (NOOMI RAPACE) is charged with murder and awaits the trial that has the country gripped. Cut off from all communication with the outside world, she must rely on journalist and former lover, Mikael Blomkvist (MICHAEL NYQVIST) to prove her innocence and expose the political cover up that threatens to destroy her freedom. In his way stands a mysterious group who will go to any lengths to keep the shocking truth of their actions a secret."--Container.
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-- Histoire de violence(2006, p2005)., Adult, Alliance Atlantis Call No: DVD Fic History Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: New Line platinum seriesSummary Note: "In this thrill-packed actioner, a small-town diner owner, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen, The Lord of The Rings) finds himself a local hero after he successful takes down two thugs during an attempted robbery. But his sudden celebrity draws unwanted attention from the outside world, including mobsters Carl Fogarty (Academy Award nominee Ed Harris, A Beautiful Mind) and Richie Cusack (Academy Award winner William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman), who insist that Tom is intricately tied to their past. Fogarty begins stalking Tom's wife (Maria Bello, The Cooler) and children, resulting in a bloody standoff in which Tom must protect his family from what is either a case of mistaken identity or a violent past that's finally caught up with him."--Container.
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c2012., Adolescent, distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Films Call No: DVD Fic Hunger Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place and must rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against highly trained Tributes who have prepared their entire lives. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love."--Container.
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2023., Adult, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: NEW DVD Fic Living Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In a career-defining performance, Bill Nighy (Love Actually) plays Williams, a 1950s London civil servant who struggles to maintain order under mountains of paperwork. Overwhelmed at work and lonely at home, his life takes a heartbreaking turn when a medical diagnosis tells him time is short. Influenced by a local decadent (Tom Burke) and the vibrant Margaret (Aimee Lou Wood), Williams continues to search for meaning until a simple revelation gives him the purpose to create a legacy for the next generation. Adapted by Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day) and based on the classic Akira Kurosawa film Ikiru, Living is "one of the best pictures of the year."
![Living [DVD] (2023). Directed by Oliver Hermanus](/Library/images/~imageCT103129.JPG "Living [DVD] (2023). Directed by Oliver Hermanus")
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-- Guetteur(2007)., Adult, Alliance Atlantis : distributed exclusively in Canada by Motion Picture Distribution LP Call No: DVD Fic Lookout Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Acclaimed screenwriter Scott Frank (Minority Report) makes a mind-blowing directorial debut in The Lookout, a gritty, high-tension crime thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (TV's Third Rock From The Sun, Brick), Jeff Daniels (The Squid And The Whale) and Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers). Chris 'Slapshot' Pratt (Gordon-Levitt), whose once-bright future has been dimmed by a head injury, is a night janitor at a bank. Lonely and frustrated, Chris falls prey to a con man's seductive promise of romance and a better life, and agrees to help rob the bank where he works. Filled with heart-pounding action, edge-of-your-seat suspense and a twist you'll never see coming, The Lookout will grip you and never let go... It's 'immensely satisfying. A blast of suspense.'--Container.
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2013., 131, Universal Studios Call No: DVD Fic Marnie Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Director Alfred Hitchcock creates a spellbinding portrait of disturbed woman and the man who tries to save her in the unrelenting psychological thriller Marnie. A compulsive liar and thief, Marnie (Tippi Hedren) winds up impulsively marrying the very man (Sean Connery) she attempts to rob. When a terrible accident pushes her over the edge, her husband struggles to help her face her demons and her past as the plot races to a shattering, inescapable conclusion. Originally marketed as a “suspenseful sex mystery,” this shocking story from the Master of Suspense is a mesmerizing classic.
![Marnie [Blu-Ray] (1964). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.](/Library/images/~imageCT99686.JPG "Marnie [Blu-Ray] (1964). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.")
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2015., Adult, eOne Call No: DVD Fic Mommy Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A feisty widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her explosive 15-year-old ADHD son. As they try to make ends meet and struggle with their unpredictable ménage, the peculiar, new girl across the street, Kyla, benevolently offers her help. Together, they find a new sense of balance, and hope is regained."--Container.
![Mommy [DVD] (2015) Directed by Xavier Dolan](/Library/images/~imageCT81263.JPG "Mommy [DVD] (2015) Directed by Xavier Dolan")
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2012., General, distributed exclusively in Canada by Les Films Séville, an affiliate of Entertainment One Call No: DVD Fic Monsieur Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "While going through his own personal tragedy, Bachir Lazhar, a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, is hired as a substitute in an elementary school after the abrupt death of a teacher. With great sensitivity and humour, Monsieur Lazhar depicts the encounter of two distant worlds: that of an immigrant and a group of shaken but endearing kids who, together, will transcend their losses."--Container.
![Monsieur Lazhar [DVD] (2011). Directed by Philippe Falardeau.](/Library/images/~imageCT81333.JPG "Monsieur Lazhar [DVD] (2011). Directed by Philippe Falardeau.")