The Family Stone
(2005) [M]

Every year the unconventional Stone family gather in their New England hometown to celebrate the holidays. On this occasion there will be an extra guest, as eldest son Everett (Dermot Mulroney) is bringing his girlfriend Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) to meet the clan. She nervously tells...  More

Living In Oblivion
(1995) [M]

Following up his debut, Johnny Suede, director Tom DiCillo presented this filmmaking comedy that allegedly draws much from DiCillo's experiences on the set of the 1991 Brad Pitt vehicle. Steve Buscemi stars as Nick Reve, the long-suffering director of a no-budget independent film. If he's not...  More

How To Make An American Quilt
(1995) [PG]

Berkeley graduate student Finn (Winona Ryder) is spending the summer at the home of her sparring grandmother and great aunt. Their house is a quiet haven where Finn intends to finish her latest thesis and think over a marriage proposal. But when she meets sexy, smouldering Leon, things begin to...  More

Kansas City
(1996) [M]

Robert Altman's jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930's Kansas City. When Blondie O'Hara's husband, a petty thief, is captured by Seldom Seen and held at the Hey Hey Club, she lauches a desperate plan to release him. She kidnaps the wife of a powerful local...  More

The Trigger Effect
(1996) [M]

How tenuous is man's hold on civilization when survival becomes an issue? When the lights go out and stay out for several days, suburbanites Matthew and Annie learn the hard way that man is "by nature" a predatory creature. Matthew's long-time friend, Joe, happens by on the second day and a...  More

Longtime Companion
(1990) [M]

Perhaps the first film to put a human face on the AIDS epidemic, Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it...  More

My Best Friend's Wedding
(1997) [M]

Julia Roberts dazzles as commitment-shy Jules Potter, who reluctantly realizes she is in love with her best friend Michael. There is just one catch: he's about to marry someone else. Comically crazed and full of devious plans, Jules will do anything to steal him back-except tell him the simple...  More

Lovely And Amazing
(2001) [M]

From acclaimed director Nicole Holofcener (Walking and Talking, Lovely and Amazing is an intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bitter sweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. Starring Academy Award nominee...  More

About Schmidt
(2002) [M]

In director Alexander Payne's About Schmidt, Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson in one of his richest performances) has arrived at several of life's crossroads all at the same time as he is forced to deal with an ambiguous future as he enters retirement. Soon after, his wife of 42 years passes away...  More

The Safety Of Objects
(2001) [MA]

In a modest house in suburban America, Paul Gold (Joshua Jackson) lies ill in his bedroom, nursed by his mother, Esther (Glenn Close). A stone's throw away, Annette Jennings (Patricia Clarkson), is in the midst of a messy divorce. Meanwhile, after years dedicated to his job, Jim Train (Dermot...  More