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Collection of seven films from Canadian writer/director Atom
Egoyan. In 'Exotica' (1994), pet shop owner Thomas (Don McKellar)
arrives in town with a secret cache of rare bird eggs. Sharing a
cab from the airport he ends up in Exotica, a local strip club.
Fascinated by star stripper Christina (Mia Kirshner), he becomes
drawn into her sordid lifestyle, along with the club DJ (Elias
Koteas) and a disturbed tax auditor (Bruce Greenwood). As the
multiple narratives and chronological twists unfold, the characters
find their lives becoming inexorably intertwined as they head
towards a shocking conclusion. In 'The Adjuster' (1991), Koteas
plays Noah Render, an insurance adjuster whose attempts to help
others mask a deeper malaise in his own life. His wife Hera
(Arsinée Khanjian) is a disillusioned film censor who obsessively
copies the most explicit scenes in the films she is supposed to
review. After Noah helps a rich young woman whose house has burned
down, Hera invites a young film-maker into their home to shoot a
movie, and as their elaborate sexual fantasies are acted out on
video, they begin to explore a world where voyeurism and
exhibitionism are all-consuming. In 'Family Viewing' (1987), Van
(Aidan Tierney) finds himself in a difficult situation when he
realises that his father Stan (David Hemblen) is recording over the
family's home movies with home-made pornography. Not only is Stan's
lover Sandra (Gabrielle Rose) completely at the mercy of his dark
fantasies, but she also expresses a sexual interest in Van.
Dividing his time between the family home and a nearby nursing
residence caring for his aging grandmother Armen (Selma Keklikian),
Van meets Aline (Khanjian), who works as a phone-sex operator, and
the two concoct a plan to escape his emotionally cold father. In
'The Sweet Hereafter' (1997), powerful lawyer Mitchell Stephens
(Ian Holm) arrives in a small town in British Columbia after 14
children die in a school bus crash. Announcing that he will win
compensation for the townsfolk, Stephens investigates the
mysterious circumstances surrounding the accident, discovering
various dark secrets lurking beneath the surface. In 'Calendar'
(1993), a photographer (Egoyan) and his wife (Khanjian) travel to
Armenia to photograph churches for use in a calendar, employing a
native speaking driver (Ashot Adamyan) to escort them around the
country. On their travels a relationship develops between the
photographer's wife and the Armenian guide. Looking back on this
time from his apartment in Toronto, the newly separated
photographer contacts women through an escort agency and invites
them to dinner, all while his estranged wife tries reconcile with
him. In 'Next of Kin' (1984), Peter (Patrick Tierney) is a young
man from an Anglo-Saxon family who is constantly under pressure to
do something meaningful with his life. The family visit a therapist
in the hopes of getting to the bottom of the tension between
themselves and Peter's apparent laziness. When Peter visits the
clinic before the next session hoping to view the video recording
of their last meeting he is given the wrong tape and instead is
shown the recording of an immigrant family who had given up their
first son for adoption upon entering the country. What Peter then
suggests to his family and therapist is that he take a break in
order to find himself, but what he actually does is assume the
identity of this other family's long lost son. Finally, in
'Speaking Parts' (1989), struggling actor Lance (Michael McManus)
works in housekeeping at a local hotel while waiting for his first
speaking role. Meanwhile, his co-worker Lisa (Khanjian) is obsessed
with him and seeks out all the movies he appears in as a means of
satisfying her voyeuristic tendencies. When Lance learns a
scriptwriter, Clara (Rose), is staying at the hotel he chooses to
leave his résumé in her room in the hope that she'll give him a
part in her next film about her late brother. Before long the two
become romantically involved and Lance finds himself with his first
lead role but Clara becomes increasingly distressed when a series
of changes are made to her story by the movie's producer.
Taking military charter schools as her subject, and drawing on
years of research at one school in particular, Brooke Johnson
explores the underpinings of a culture based on militarization and
neoliberal educational reforms and probes its effects on individual
identity and social interactions at the school.
Taking military charter schools as her subject, and drawing on
years of research at one school in particular, Brooke Johnson
explores the underpinings of a culture based on militarization and
neoliberal educational reforms and probes its effects on individual
identity and social interactions at the school.
In the face of impossible odds, can one girl stem the tides of war?
It has been six months since clockwork engineer Petra Wade
destroyed an automaton designed for battle, narrowly escaping with
her life. But her troubles are far from over. Her partner on the
project, Emmerich Goss, has been sent away to France, and his
father, Julian, is still determined that a war machine will be
built. Forced to create a new device, Petra subtly sabotages the
design in the hopes of delaying the war, but sabotage like this
isn't just risky: it's treason. And with a soldier, Braith,
assigned to watch her every move, it may not be long before Julian
finds out what she's done. Now she just has to survive long enough
to find another way to stop the war before her sabotage is
discovered and she's sentenced to hang for crimes against the
empire. But Julian's plans go far deeper than she ever realized . .
. war is on the horizon, and it will take everything Petra has to
stop it in this fast-paced, thrilling sequel to The Brass Giant.
Featuring highlights from the great collection of the Chrysler
Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, this volume includes paintings,
sculpture, photography, glass, decorative arts and arts of the
ancient world and non-Western cultures. There are paintings by
leading American artists, such as Copley, Cole, Bierstadt, Homer,
Cassatt and Hopper; Italian Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces by
Filippino Lippi and Salvator Rosa; Dutch and Flemish Old Masters,
including Peter Paul Rubens; and the work of European painters like
Velazquez, Delacroix and Gauguin. The book showcases major
collections of decorative art, including Worcester porcelain,
Gorham silver, and the internationally important glass collection
with works by Tiffany, Galle, Dale Chihuly and Catherine "Cappy"
Thompson. Photography also features strongly, with early
photographs, including images from the Civil War and iconic
photographs from the Civil Rights Movement.
Compiled here are lessons in life and work from design-world gurus,
covering everything from mastering typography to dealing with
criticism. With a design as striking as its content, this is a well
of inspiration and wisdom for both students and design
professionals.
American Psyche: The Unlit Cave is a collection of images made in
the United States from 2004 to 2019. The photographs are visual
metaphors mirroring the artist's reactions to America's colonialism
and its inability to live up to its ideals. Heavily influenced by
Carl Jung's concepts of synchronicity and the unconscious, it uses
American symbols to create a unique record of our current moment.
6 Week Bike Fit is a weight training program specifically developed
for cyclists. Cycling is a whole-body workout, and to obtain
maximal cycling fitness, weight training is a must. Inside is a
weight training program with step-by-step instructions and pictures
that will transform you into a stronger, faster, leaner and more
confident cyclist in just 6 weeks.
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