Cynthia Nixon
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An in-depth exploration of the life and work of the great American poet Emily Dickinson, narrated by Cynthia Nixon. Bringing to light new theories about Dickinson's personal relationships and most revered work, this feature documentary rewrites the widely accepted narrative of the poet as a strange recluse in white, and breathes new life into the Dickinson legacy over 130 years after her death.
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Following a tragic accident, two women--Tessa Russo, a renowned pediatric surgeon, and Valerie Anderson, an attorney and single mother--living in the same Boston suburb but with relatively little in common aside from a fierce love for their children converge in ways no one could have imagined.
8) Save me
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When an explosion rips through the nearly empty cafeteria of an elementary school, Rose leads two girls to safety before racing to rescue her own daughter, Melly. But Rose soon learns that she may face both civil and criminal charges for her heroics because one of the girls she saved was seriously injured in the resulting fire that killed three school staff members. Media demands, legal maneuvering, and social pressures create tension, and dark secrets...
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The American Gilded Age was a period of significant economic change, conflict between old and new systems, and fortunes made and lost. Season two of THE Gilded Age begins on Easter 1883, with Bertha Russell's bid for a box at the Academy of Music rejected. Over eight episodes, Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor and the old system to gain a foothold in Society. George Russell battles a growing union at his Pittsburgh steel plant. Marian secretly teaches...
11) A Quiet Passion
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Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson as she personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. Acclaimed British director Terence Davies (*House of Mirth, The Deep Blue Sea*) exquisitely evokes Dickinson’s deep attachment to her close knit family along with the manners, mores and spiritual convictions of her time that she struggled with and...
12) Stray Dolls
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Riz, a recent immigrant and ex-gang member, works at a motel in hopes of starting her life over in America. Rooming with another motel maid Dallas, a bold runaway, blackmails Riz triggering a series of violent events involving Una (Cynthia Nixon), the formidable motel owner, and her drug-selling son Jimmy.
15) Tanner '88
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During the 1988 presidential campaign, Democratic hopefuls spiritedly canvass the country, jostle for their party's nomination and the honor of opposing Republican Vice President George Bush. Then Senator Jack Tanner suddenly emerges from the shadows of a lengthy political hiatus to challenge candidates such as Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, and Michael Dukakis. Tanner is a fictitious presidential candidate who goes out on the campaign trail to...
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The fun, the fashion, the friendship: a hilarious sequel that brings it all back and more as Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda come together to take another bite out of the Big Apple and beyond. What happens after you say 'I do?' Life is everything the ladies ever wished it would be, but it wouldn't be Sex in the City if life didn't hold a few more surprises. After all, sometimes you just have to get away with the girls.
17) 5 flights up
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A married couple's attempts at selling their New York apartment don't quite go as planned over the course of one crazy weekend.
19) Warm springs
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The inspiring true story about Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, who seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
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Carrie continues her romance with a Russian artist, a flippantly arrogant man who's been around the block, but he is able to supply Carrie's needed desire for magic. Miranda has settled down with Steve, but there is more that will change with her, including her address. Charlotte continues to make baby plans now that the husband slot is filled quite nicely. Samantha brings a good sense of drama to the show with a breast-cancer scare. In the final...