Matt Dillon
1) On the road
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reprint of the 1957 novel that defined the beat generation of the 1950s, in which Sal Paradise tells about his travels throughout the North American continent in search of belief and meaning.
2) Nimic
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life. Yorgos Lanthimos' new film was selected at TIFF, Locarno Film Festival and BFI London in 2019.
3) Factotum
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Henry Chinaski (Dillon) considers himself a writer, and on occasion writes. Mostly he quests for the booze and women that sidetrack and seduce (like that played by Oscar winner Marisa Tomei), rather than inspire. When he falls for Jan (Lili Taylor), the soulful connection fails to save either from their self-destructive ways, and the relationship totters between earnest connection and reflective loathing.
4) Native Son
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
5) Proxima
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Sarah is an astronaut and lives alone with her daughter. When she is chosen to be part of a space mission, it creates chaos in their relationship.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
After a botched robbery, three criminals (Matt Dillon, Gary Sinese and William Fichtner) make a desperate run for a dive bar and take five hostages. The place is quickly surrounded by Feds, and tensions are high. Someone is going to get hurt. Or maybe die. But then it’s revealed that one of the hostages is a fugitive wanted by the Feds. Now, how far will any of them go to ensure their own freedom?
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Cult author and David Lynch collaborator Barry Gifford’s gritty autobiographical stories of growing up in the 1950s (narrated by Willem Dafoe, Lili Taylor and Matt Dillon) provide the backdrop for a jazzy, impressionistic portrait of a vanished Chicago.
8) Capone
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Al "Fonzo" Capone (Tom Hardy) was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Capone's mind and his past becomes present as harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life.
10) Land of Dreams
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In small-town America, Simin, an Iranian immigrant, works for the United States Census Bureau which has gone beyond data collection and now explores the dreams of citizens for unknown intentions. Playful and poignant, the film acknowledges the greatness of the American experiment while offering a warning beacon for what could come.
11) Crash
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"This ... urban thriller tracks the volatile intersection of a multiethnic cast of characters struggling to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another's lives. In the gray area between black and white, victim and aggressor, during the next 36 hours, they will all collide."--Container.
12) Going in style
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
13) Armored
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A group of veteran officers at an armored transport security firm pressure a new guard into stealing one of their own company's trucks containing $42 million dollars. Using a seemingly sure-fire plan, the men plan to make off with the money with no harm done until an unexpected witness causes their plan to come apart at the seams.
14) The outsiders
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008, c1983
Language
English
Description
Francis Ford Coppola's stylized teen melodrama is based on the popular novel by S. E. Hinton. In 1960s Tulsa, the "right" and "wrong" sides of the tracks are represented by rival gangs, the upscale Socs and the underprivileged Greasers. Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze) is doing his best to raise his two younger brothers, Sodapop (Rob Lowe in his first film role) and Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell). Sensitive Ponyboy is a budding writer in love with Cherry...
15) Capone
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The 47-year old Al Capone, after ten years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. 13 years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Ted learns the truth but continues to encounter offbeat...