High Art 1998 R, 101 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Lisa Cholodenko Cast: Ally Sheedy, Radha Mitchell, Patricia Clarkson, Tammy Grimes, Gabriel Mann, Bill Sage, Anh Duong, David Thornton, Charis Michaelson, Helen Mendes
Recent college graduate Syd (Radha Mitchell) has landed a job as an assistant editor of a NYC photo magazine. She lives happily with good-looking boyfriend James (Gabriel Mann), UNTIL she meets the tenant upstairs; from the moment she sees the once-famous photographer Lucy Berliner (Ally Sheedy), Syd is drawn into Lucy's world of drugs and lesbianism.
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The Mambo Kings 1992 R, 101 min. Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Arne Glimcher Cast: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Desi Arnaz Jr., Celia Cruz, Roscoe Lee Browne, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tito Puente, Talisa Soto, Joe Petruzzi, Anh Duong
Brothers Cesar and Nestor Castillo (Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas) leave Cuba and travel to the U.S. in the early 1950s to pursue their dream of making names for themselves on the Latin music scene. They succeed as The Mambo Kings but encounter more than a few problems in the process. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("Beautiful Maria of My Soul").
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| 1. High Art (1998)
2. The Mambo Kings (1992)
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