The Bostonians 1984  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Jessica Tandy, Nancy Marchand, Wesley Addy, Wallace Shawn, Linda Hunt, Barbara Bryne, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New, Jon Van Ness
Based on Henry James' novel, this is the story of young feminists in the late 1800s who find their quest for equality is not going to be an easy fight. Lesbian suffragette Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave) engages in a tug-of-war with Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve) when they both pursue young Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter). Basil is in love with Verena, but Olive wants to use Verena's connections to promote the suffragette ideology. Emotions flare when decisions must be made between love and fighting for the cause of equal rights. Redgrave received an Oscar nomination for her performance.
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Jane Austen in Manhattan 1980 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Tim Choate, John Guerrasio, Katrina Hodiak, Kurt Johnson, Philip Lenkowsky, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New, Sean Young, Bernard Barrow, Naomi Riordan, Bella Jarrett, Lee H. Doyle
Rival directors Lilliana (Anne Baxter) and Pierre (Robert Powell), who differ in their plans for the mode of presentation, fight for the right to bring to the stage a long-lost play written by Jane Austen when she was a mere 12 years old. During their competition for the rights to present the play, they also vie for actress Ariadne (Sean Young) to perform in the play–and the intrigue continues.
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Quicksilver 1986 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Michael Donnelly
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriquez, Rudy Ramos, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Laurence Fishburne, Andrew Smith, Louie Anderson, Charles McCaughan, David Harris
Using his unique talent for investing on Wall Street, a young man invests and loses it all in a moment of genius which, unfortunately, fails. The story tells about life on the streets in San Francisco.
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Slaves of New York 1989  R, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Jsu Garcia, Charles McCaughan, Madeleine Potter, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Mercedes Ruehl, Anthony LaPaglia, Tammy Grimes
This modern day romantic comedy rambles through the art world of New York. The people are boring, as is the film.
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| 1. The Bostonians (1984)
2. Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
3. Quicksilver (1986)
4. Slaves of New York (1989)
5. V.I. Warshawski (1991)
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