Amateur 1994  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Lowensohn, Damian Young, Chuck Montgomery, Michael Imperioli, Dave Simonds, Pamela Stewart
An ex-nun porno-writer (Isabelle Huppert), an amnesiac pornographer (Martin Donovan), and an unsuccessful starlet (Elina Lowensohn) provide the backdrop for this existential tale of entwining events and characters.
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Dark Water 2005  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Walter Salles
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite, Camryn Manheim, Ariel Gade, Perla Haney-Jardine, Debra Monk, Linda Emond, Bill Buell, Elina Lowensohn
Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) and her six-year-old daughter Ceci (Ariel Gade) find refuge in a run-down apartment following Dahlia's separation from Kyle (Dougray Scott). But their security comes into question when black ooze seeps into the apartment and footsteps are heard in the vacant apartment above. Could ghosts be involved?
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Fay Grim 2007 R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak, Saffron Burrows, Liam Aiken, Elina Lowensohn, Leo Fitzpatrick, Chuck Montgomery, Thomas Jay Ryan, D.J. Mendel, John Keogh, Claudia Michelsen, Nikolai Kinski
In this sequel to 1998's "Henry Fool," Henry (Thomas Jay Ryan) has been missing for seven years, and his wife Fay (Parker Posey) is having problems with their son, 14-year-old Ned (Liam Aiken). Meanwhile, Fay's brother Simon (James Urbaniak) has been serving time in prison for helping Henry escape the law, and Fay negotiates with CIA agent Fulbright (Jeff Goldblum) for Simon's release. She is given a mission in undercover work involving a trip to Paris to retrieve Henry's notebooks containing his autobiographical confessions. Fay leaves for Europe, joins forces with Bebe (Elina Lowensohn) while running into spies and assassins, and ends up in Turkey tracking down political terrorists. Now, Fay must sort out how much of this Henry has been involved in.
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Get Well Soon 2001  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Justin McCarthy
Cast: Courteney Cox, Vincent Gallo, Jeffrey Tambor, Tate Donovan, Andrew Lasky, Anne Meara, Max Weinberg, Alan Kalter, Kelly DeMartino, Elina Lowensohn
The trappings of fame become too much for popular talk show host Bobby Bishop (Vincent Gallo). So, off he goes to New York City to renew a friendship with his old girlfriend (Courteney Cox). But it's not going to be smooth sailing, as he soon finds out.
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In the Presence of Mine Enemies 1997 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Charles Dance, Elina Lowensohn, Chad Lowe, Don McKellar, Tony Nardi, John Dunn-Hill, Peter Friedman, Jason Shayne Schwartz, Alon Nashman, Susan Almgren, Alexandra Clermont
A Rabbi (Armin Mueller-Stahl) struggles to keep his faith and his family together in a Warsaw ghetto during the days preceding the Jewish uprising during World War II.
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 I'm Not Rappaport 1996 PG-13, 131 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Herb Gardner
Cast: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson, Martha Plimpton, Ranjit Chowdhry, Ron Rifkin, Boyd Gaines, Guillermo Diaz, Elina Lowensohn, Marin Hinkle, Nancy Giles, Irwin Corey, Salem Ludwig, Josh Pais
Two elderly men, Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter (Ossie Davis), spend their days sitting on a bench in Central Park. They stop at nothing to maintain control of the world that seems to be passing them by, and problems come to a head when Midge is threatened with retirement from his job of apartment manager. While Nat steps in to help Midge, they take on a drug dealer, The Cowboy (Craig T. Nelson), and a mugger, J.C. (Guillermo Diaz), and, in the process, stop The Cowboy from harming young Laurie Campbell (Martha Plimpton).
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Nadja 1994 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Elina Lowensohn, Peter Fonda, Suzy Amis, Galaxy Craze, Martin Donovan, Karl Geary, Jared Harris, David Lynch, Jack Lotz, Isabel Gillies, Jose Zuniga, Bernadette Jurkowski, Jeff Winner, Sean, Nic Ratner
In this black-and-white, dream-like film, vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Fonda) has killed Count Dracula, and Dracula's daughter, Nadja (Elina Lowensohn), takes her father's ashes to Brooklyn where she visits her brother Edgar (Jared Harris). Edgar is ill and is being nursed by his live-in lover Cassandra (Suzy Amis). Meanwhile, Van Helsing is on Nadja's trail because he knows that if Dracula's ashes are not properly disposed of, he will come back to life. Van Helsing finds Nadja and kills her, but Nadja has now taken over Cassandra's body, and a new life begins for Nadja.
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Quicksand 2003 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Michael Caine, Michael Keaton, William Beck, Judith Godreche, Rade Serbedzija, Xander Berkeley, Kathleen Wilhoite, Jake Broder, Ivan Marevich, Serge Soric, Elina Lowensohn, Clare Thomas, Hermione Norris, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Jean-Pierre Castaldi
In this direct-to-video/DVD offering, bank investigator Martin Raikes (Michael Keaton) heads to Monaco to investigate suspicious bank transactions. He meets a washed-up actor, Jake Mellows (Michael Caine), who is involved with a crime ring, and the investigation heats up.
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 Schindler's List 1993  R, 195 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz, Norbert Weisser, Elina Lowensohn, Andrzej Seweryn, Malgoscha Gebel, Shmuel Levy, Mark Ivanir, Beatrice Macola, Friedrich von Thun
With this film, Steven Spielberg finally won his Oscar. It is the story about Oscar Schindler (Liam Neeson) who saved hundreds of Jews from certain death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II. An Oscar was also presented to this film for Best Picture, along with five other Oscars. Neeson and Ralph Fiennes were nominated for Best Actor and Supporting Actor.
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Simple Men 1992 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Robert John Burke, Bill Sage, Karen Sillas, Elina Lowensohn, Martin Donovan, Chris Cooke, Jeffrey Howard, Holly Marie Combs, Mark Bailey, Joe Stevens, Damian Young, Marietta Marich
Immediately following a botched computer heist, Bill (Robert John Burke) is double-crossed by his partner/girlfriend. He then sets off with brother Dennis (Bill Sage) in search of their long-lost father who has escaped from prison. Quirky characters.
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Six Ways to Sunday 1998  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Adam Bernstein
Cast: Norman Reedus, Deborah Harry, Elina Lowensohn, Adrien Brody, Jerry Adler, Peter Appel, Paul Lazar, Holter Graham, Anna Levine, Isaac Hayes, Vincent Pastore, Clark Gregg, Paul D'Amato
Eighteen-year-old Harold (Norman Reedus) lives with his overprotective mother, Kate (Deborah Harry), but grows up fast when he hooks up with a local gangster, Arnie (Adrien Brody).
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The Wisdom of Crocodiles 1998 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Immortality
Director: Po-Chih Leong
Cast: Jude Law, Elina Lowensohn, Timothy Spall, Jack Davenport, Kerry Fox, Colin Salmon, Stuart Bowman, C.J. December, Rick Lamont, Joseph O'Conor
This offbeat horror film features Jude Law as the handsome, talented Steven Griscz who has one outstanding flaw: he murders women to feed his thirst for blood. Steven is already under suspicion by the police, but his newest "victim," Anna Levels (Elina Lowensohn), appears headed for the same fate as her predecessors–or is she?
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| 1. Amateur (1994)
2. Dark Water (2005)
3. Fay Grim (2007)
4. Get Well Soon (2001)
5. In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
6. I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
7. Nadja (1994)
8. Quicksand (2003)
9. Schindler's List (1993)
10. Simple Men (1992)
11. Six Ways to Sunday (1998)
12. The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998)
aka: Immortality
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