New Adult Movies & Music

Emmy Award winning filmmaker Katherine Brooks turns the camera on herself while exploring the importance of real-life interactions (versus virtual) as she travels the country to meet 50 of her 5,000 Facebook friends. In this no-holds-barred doc, Brooks shares the riveting stories of the people she meets, and their healing effects on her-which will also touch the viewer.

This incisive and entertaining portrait of American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti explores his vital role as catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat movement itself. Interviews with Ferlinghetti and others reveal a rich melange of characters and events that unfolded in postwar America. In 1953 Ferlinghetti opened City Lights Bookstore, which quickly evolved into an iconic institution symbolizing social change and literary freedom. Six decades later, it is still going.

Joby, is a struggling musician having flirted with fame but never crossed over into true success. He also hasn't been around to be a father, so he takes an overnight long-distance drive in order to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter, Ellen. A story of internal transformation and also a very poignant account of the complexities of the father/daughter relationship.

With levity and sadness, two grown children and their aging parents struggle with the decision whether the older generation should stay in the house where they have lived for fifty years. Shot in the house where the director's parents loved for close to fifty years shortly after they moved out, the film's semi-autobiographical story is memorably acted by a small ensemble cast led by Elliot Gould.

Life can get confusing for adolescents when they begin to develop sexual attractions. Through the perspective of straight teenagers, we meet students coming to terms with how they feel and dealing with the anxiety of 'coming out'. We meet Noel, who became extremely depressed because she did not know how to deal with being a lesbian, and Sam, who is a victim of homophobic harassment. In the end students will realize that sexual orientation should not be isolating.

From the minds of co-conspirators Stephen King, John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett comes Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a southern gothic supernatural musical thriller of fraternal love, lust, jealousy and revenge. This extraordinary collaboration features original music and lyrics plus key dialog excerpts performed by a stellar cast of guest artists including Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Neko Case, Taj Mahal, Ryan Bingham and Kris Kristofferson.

Produced in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby. Episodes included: Omnibus: The Great Gatsby: Midnight in Manhattan; The Jazz Age: Majesty; Bookmark: The Other Side of Paradise: The Story of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald; Private Affairs: A Dream of Living.