Culture a reader for writers 14th edition

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poster The Young Lady and the Hooligan
The Young Lady and the Hooligan
(3.2/5)
44mn - Drama, Romance
A young woman arrives in her school where she must teach for the first time. Her task consists in teaching a class of adults to read and write. All her students are male, ranging from boys to old men, and…
poster Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
67mn - Drama, Romance
Amarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family and her boyfriend Terry, a bartender in a cafe. But one day she meets Gordon, a sculptor who comes from a r…
poster Murmur
Murmur
(4/5)
94mn - Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of desperate social media influencers volunteer to test MURMUR, a cutting-edge augmented reality horror app that monitors their vital signs to create personalized terror. Trapped in an ancient red…
poster An Easter Lily
An Easter Lily
10mn -
The third in the series, An Easter "Lily" takes on upstairs/downstairs race relations with childhood candor. Following his family’s African American maid to the laundry, Sonny Jim befriends her daughter L…
poster Prussian Culture
Prussian Culture
8mn - Drama
Film about politically motivated violence in the Kingdom of Prussia.
poster Roommates
Roommates
(3.4/5)
100mn - Drama, Short
The story of a macho straight and a well-educated gay man who have to share an apartment at a half-way house for aids-patients. Slowly they become friends.
poster Growth of the Soil
Growth of the Soil
(3.3/5)
107mn - Drama
In rural Norway in the early 20th century, the homesteader Isak makes a farm out of barren soil, together with his wife Inger and their two sons. Life is both harsh and fulfilling.
poster Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
2mn - Drama
A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.
poster Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
(3.3/5)
74mn - Drama
Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thi…
poster Civilization
Civilization
(3.0/5)
86mn - Drama
Count Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless passenger ship during wartime. His submarine is sunk in the following fracas. In the spirit world, Christ commen…
poster Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
(3.8/5)
90mn - Documentary
Art experts and historians delve into the secrets behind Johannes Vermeer's most famous masterpiece, exploring the mysterious identity of the girl with the pearl earring and revealing the artistic techniq…
poster 10/31 Part 3
10/31 Part 3
79mn - Horror
Horror host Malvolia the Queen of Screams returns to present four spine-chilling tales of ancient mummies, deranged madmen, and pint-sized demons in this terrifying anthology that celebrates the darkest n…
poster Unwritten
Unwritten
84mn - Thriller
An agoraphobic failed writer living in a remote bookstore becomes convinced that a mysterious customer is actually the villain from an unfinished story he wrote as a child, forcing him to confront his dee…
poster Exposé
Exposé
(2.7/5)
Nonemn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.
poster H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House
H.P. Lovecraft's Witch House
82mn - Horror
Graduate student Alice Gilman flees an abusive past and takes refuge in the notorious Hannah house to conduct her research on alternate dimensions, but her mathematical experiments unlock an ancient gatew…
poster The Green Sea
The Green Sea
(2.7/5)
105mn - Drama, Mystery
A solitary writer on a downward spiral life changes when the lead character of her novel comes to life in a physical from unrecognizable to her and will force her to face her dark past.
poster When Do We Eat?
When Do We Eat?
(2.9/5)
86mn - Comedy
An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective."
poster Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(3.9/5)
163mn - Drama, History
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
poster Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
(3.2/5)
78mn - Drama, Comedy
Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths, mother sends young Rebecca off to Riverboro to be raised by her wealthy Aunt Miranda. The little girl is treated …
poster Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
(3.5/5)
52mn - Documentary
Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency,…
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