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Imprisoned vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little bet...

Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.

The birth of a nation

Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.

Features a selection of songs specific to the 1950s, carefully curated by Martin Scorsese and music supervisor Randall Poster as a sonic companion to the film's enthralling narrative of organized crime in postwar America.

Dark shadows

Imprisoned vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little bet...

Semi-pro

1970s, Flint, Michigan. Jackie Moon is a former pop sensation who somehow made enough money from a couple of hit records to buy Flint's semi-pro basketball team, the Tropics. The team consists of a bunch of disorganized losers with one genuine talent named Coffee Black. Despite k...

Burn the ships

As women's pro softball fights for survival, the world's best players must choose: make a living or follow a dream. Burn the Ships is the story of one woman's refusal to let those dreams slip away.

Semi-pro

1970s, Flint, Michigan. Jackie Moon is a former pop sensation who somehow made enough money from a couple of hit records to buy Flint's semi-pro basketball team, the Tropics. The team consists of a bunch of disorganized losers with one genuine talent named Coffee Black. Despite k...

"At this moment, there are more than 6 billion people on the planet. It's hard to picture so many people at one time - but what if we imagine the whole world as a village of just 100 people? ... If the world were a village tells us who we are, where we live, how fast we are growi...

A small town country girl returns home after college to take over the family business, her father's beloved bed and breakfast. Facing an unfaithful husband and dysfunctional relationship with her mother, she finds herself at a difficult crossroads. Everything changes, however, wh...

The little shop of horrors - A clumsy assistant florist who unknowingly cultivates a carnivorous plant that feeds on human flesh. Craving for food every night, the young man is forced to take to the streets in search of victims in order to sustain the hungry plant.

The kid

The Tramp and his ragamuffin sidekick triumph over life's hard knocks in the landmark film that changed the notion of what a screen comedy could be.

The best American travel writing 2021

Collection of twenty-five previously published essays on traveling and experiencing cultures around the world, selected by television personality and host of Top Chef. Includes work by Kiese Makeba Laymon, author of Heavy (DB 93279), and Meghan Daum, author of The Problem with Ev...

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