This film depicts Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman), during his research for his book In Cold Blood, an account of the murder of a Kansas family, the writer develops a close relationship with Perry Smith (Clifton Collins Jr.), one of the killers. The film opens in Kansas with the discovery of the dead bodies of […]
NYPD Blue: The Series
Within the first few minutes of the pilot episode, it’s clear what made NYPD Blue stand out from the rest of the cop show pack, as the characters express themselves in startlingly colorful language. This, combined with glimpses of nudity, earned NYPD Blue the reputation as R-rated television–but just about every episode demonstrates the propulsive […]
Junebug
When newlywed Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), an art dealer, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local, self-taught painter for her outsider art gallery, she takes the opportunity to meet the family of her husband George (Alessandro Nivola) who live close by.There is his judgmental mother Peg (Celia Weston), his reserved father Eugene (Scott […]
Nine Lives
Nine Lives is an American drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores. Their themes include parent-child relationships, fractured love, adultery, illness, and death. In one story, an imprisoned woman named Sandra (Elpidia Carrillo) has […]