Zoe Lister-Jones
1) Arranged
Author
Language
English
Description
Rochel is an Orthodox Jew, and Nasira a Muslim of Syrian origin. They are both beautiful young teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. They also have something else in common – they are going through the process of getting “arranged marriages” through their respective religious and traditional customs. With both family pressure on the one hand, and the rejection of traditional values by the outside world on the other, Rochel and Nasira will...
2) Consumed
Author
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the American heartland, a mother's investigation into her son's mysterious illness leads her into the controversial world of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
3) Arranged
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"[C]enters on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common - not least of which is that they are both going through the process of arranged marriages."--www.imdb.com
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After learning about local legendary witch Nancy, a group of high school students ignores the cautionary part of her tale and forms a coven. The warning they didn't heed will come for them, however, as they lean into their newfound powers and discover the dark side of their craft.
5) Wedding bros
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Anthony and Carmine Marconi have been dutifully serving out life sentences in the family carpet business for years, until a run-in with the king of the wedding business leads the brothers to unexpectedly join the outrageously zany world of wedding videography, complete with a mentally unstable boss, wild and crazy brides, and nervous grooms.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Depicts two witty, charmingly klutzy and real New Yorkers but instead of falling in love, they're trying to fall out of love. Daryl and Zoe still care for each other, but the zip has gone out of their romance. They decide to craft a really good breakup instead of just saying goodbye. After all, they still like each other. So they date four days a week and see other people for the other three days. Simple, right? Not once their mothers and friends...
7) Band aid
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Anna and Ben, who can't stop fighting. Advised by their therapist to try and work through their grief unconventionally, they are reminded of their shared love of music. In a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, they decide to turn all their fights into song, and with the help of their neighbor Dave, they start a band.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious, and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by the family's various members. In four short stories each week, the family tries to savor the little pieces of time that flash by, but add up to what life's all about.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Life in pieces follows one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious, and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by the family's various members. Adoring matriarch, Joan, would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with them. Gregarious patriarch, John, is searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. Together with their three adult children, Greg, Matt, and Heather, they try to savor the little pieces...
11) How it ends
Publisher
American International Pictures, an MGM company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, freewheeling Liza scores an invite to one last wild party before the world ends. But making it there won't be easy, after her car is stolen, and the clock is ticking on her plan to tie up loose ends with friends and family. Accompanied by her younger self, Liza embarks on a hilarious journey across Los Angeles, running into an eclectic cast of characters.