An aggressive young dot-com entrepreneur struggles to keep his head above water as the bottom falls out of the market in August of 2001.
(Country: USA; Director: Austin Chick; Writer: Howard A Rodman; Stars: Josh Hartnett, Adam Scott, Naomie Harris)
Baghead
It's not often that a film can be both a hilariously tongue-in-cheek send-up of indie flicks and a brilliantly insightful bit of character drama, but the Duplass brothers (The Puffy Chair) pull it off in this story of four fledgling actors, a rustic cabin, and. . . something. . . in the woods.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass; Writer: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass; Stars: Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, Greta Gerwig)
Three siblings couldn?t be more different, or more neurotic. But when they find themselves converging at the family manse, they become surprisingly indispensable to one another.
(Country: USA; Director: Craig Lucas; Writer: Elyse Friedman; Stars: Matthew Perry, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ben Foster)
Blind Date
A married couple has suffered a tragedy, and now the only way they can relate to one another is by meeting as different characters through a series of personal ads. A remake of the original work by the late Dutch director Theo van Gogh.
(Country: USA; Director: Stanley Tucci; Writer: Stanley Tucci, David Schechter; Stars: Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Thijs Romer)
Bottle Shock
The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris".
(Country: USA; Director: Randall Miller; Writer: Jody Savin, Randall Miller; Stars: Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodríguez, Eliza Dushku)
Chronic Town
A bittersweet slice-of-life comedy about a cab driver with substance abuse problems who weathers a cold Alaskan winter with his cadre of friends and lovers.
(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Tom Hines; Writer: Michael Kamsky; Stars: JR Bourne, Emily Wagner, Carrie Baker, Ejay Buoncore, Dan Butler, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Holly Clapham, Paul Dooley, Alice Drummond, Stacy Edwards, Ian Gregory)
Goliath
Faced with a demotion, a pending divorce, and less-than-friendly neighbours, a man pins his hopes for salvation on finding his missing cat, Goliath.
(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: David Zellner; Writer: David Zellner; Stars: David Zellner, Caroline O'Connor, Nathan Zellner)
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A Good Day To Be Black & Sexy
Six progressive vignettes explore sexuality and relationships in the black community of Los Angeles.
(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Dennis Dortch; Writer: Dennis Dortch; Stars: Kathryn Taylor, Valley Jones, Chonte' Harris)
This tale of elderly amour, centering on a Jewish New York author, is sweet enough.
An old man dreams of sex.
(Country: Germany/Austria/US; Year: 2007; Director: Jan Schütte; Writer: Jan Schütte, based on short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer; Stars: Otto Tausig, Rhea Perlman, Tovah Feldshuh, Barbara Hershey, Caroline Aaron, Olivia Thirlby, Elizabeth Peña)
A paraplegic New York public radio reporter becomes involved with a mysterious woman while researching a story about able=bodied people who secretly yearn to be paralysed.
(Country: USA; Director: Carlos Brooks; Writer: Carlos Brooks; Stars: Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga, Kate Burton)
