Friday, May 22, 2020

Weekly Kanopy Picks


Grab the popcorn! WPL has movie night covered. It might be hard to pick a movie to watch when there are so many options out there. Also, many of those options aren`t free. With your WPL card, you can stream 4 movies per month for free through Kanopy using your "play credits."

How play credits work

To use a play credit, you must press play on a video and have the video play for at least 5 seconds. Once a play credit is logged, you will have a full 3 days (72 hours) to watch the video as many times as you would like without using another play credit, even if a new month starts and your credits reset. Your Viewing History will show any video that is still available to view in your 3 day window. After the 3 day window has expired, another play credit will be used if you press play on the video again.

If you do not have a Kanopy account, you can create one. Click here for instructions.


Bodied
Running time: 120 minutes
Rating: R

A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject turns into a competitive obsession.



Rebels of the Neon God
Running time: 127 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Language: Chinese

A cabdriver's son drops out of college to get revenge on two petty thieves that vandalized his father's car.



Howards End
Running time: 143 minutes
Rating: PG

Margaret Schlegel and her sister Helen become involved with two couples: a wealthy, conservative industrialist and his wife, and a working-class man and his mistress. The interwoven fates and misfortunes of these three families and the diverging trajectories of the two sisters' lives are connected to the ownership of Howards End, a beloved country home.


East Side Sushi
Running time: 107 minutes
Rating: PG

Single mom Juana can slice and dice anything. After working at a fruit-vending cart for years, she decides to take a job at a local Japanese restaurant. Eventually she attempts to become a sushi chef and embarks on a journey of self-discovery, determined to not let anyone stop her from achieving her dream.



The Messenger
Running time: 114 minutes
Rating: R

Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer, returns home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front.






Looking for a way to interact with your community from home? Try our new film club!

Join fellow movie buffs as we discuss a diverse selection of critically-acclaimed films. All films are available on Kanopy.


Meetings are held through Zoom from 12-1 pm. Adults ages 18 & up welcome.


Register here


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