Kate (Catherine Keener) has a lot on her mind. Theres the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store (and how much markup can she get away with?). Theres the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter (Sarah Steele) to want the expensive things that Kate wants. Theres the marriage problem of sharing a partnership in parenting, business, and life with her husband Alex (Oliver Platt) but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And theres Kates freefloating 21st century malaisethe problem of how to live well and be a good person when poverty, homelessness, and sadness are always right outside the door. Plus, theres the neighbors: cranky, elderly Andra (Ann Guilbert) and the two granddaughters who look after her (Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet). As Kate, Alex, and Abby interact with the people next door, with each other, and with their New York surroundings, a complex mix of animosity, friendship, deception, guilt, and love plays out with both sharp humor and pathos. PLEASE GIVE is writer/director Nicole Holofceners perceptiveand devastatingly funnytake on modern lifes contradictions, good intentions and shaky moral bearings. * Genre:Comedy * Director:Nicole Holofcener * Cast:Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall
A Piece of Work takes the audience on a year long ride with legendary comedian Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life. Peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the struggles, sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female performer. The film is an emotionally surprising and revealing portrait of one the most hilarious and long-standing career women ever in the business. Starring Kathy Griffin, Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, Emily Kosloski.
Written and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass, the iconoclastic filmmaking team behind Sundance Film Festival favorite THE PUFFY CHAIR, CYRUS takes an insightful and funny look at love and family in contemporary Los Angeles. Starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, and Catherine Keener.
Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salanders prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society but no-one can find her.
Mikael Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium, does not believe the police. Using all his magazine staff and resources to prove Salanders innocence, Blomkvist also uncovers her terrible past, spent in criminally corrupt institutions. Yet Salander is more avenging angel than helpless victim. She may be an expert at staying out of sight but she has ways of tracking down her most elusive enemies.
The Girl Who Played with Fire is the second volume in the explosive Millennium Trilogy, which has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide.
For years, townsfolk have been terrified of the backwoods recluse known as Felix Bush. People say he's done all manner of unspeakable things -- that he's killed in cold blood; that he's in league with the Devil; that he has strange powers -- and they avoid him like the plague. Then, one day, Felix rides to town with a shotgun and a wad of cash, saying he wants to buy a funeral.
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