Another Woman 1988  PG, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, John Houseman, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Martha Plimpton, Sandy Dennis, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin, Frances Conroy, Fred Melamed, Kenneth Welsh
Facing a mid-life crisis, successful Professor Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is writing a book and is forced to come to terms with her own frailties and associations with her family. When she listens in on the sessions of the psychiatrist in the office next door as he counsels Hope (Mia Farrow), Marion is reminded of her of her own problems. A fine performance by Rowlands in this Woody Allen drama.
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A Serious Man 2009  R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolff, Amy Landecker, Alan Mandell, Adam Arkin, Jessica McManus, Brent Braunschweig, David Kang, Benjy Portnoe, Ari Hoptman, Peter Breitmayer, Jon Kaminski Jr.
Set in 1967, this story involves the problems of physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) whose life seems to be unraveling when his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) tells him that she is leaving him for his colleague Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed). Meanwhile, Larry's unemployed brother Arthur (Richard Kind) follows Larry to share the motel room where Larry ends up after Judith tells him the marriage is over. Larry's pot-smoking son Danny (Aaron Wolff) and daughter Sarah's taking money from Larry's wallet do not help either. Adding to Larry's problems is the fact that his job appears to be in jeopardy. Finally, Larry seeks advice from three rabbis. But, will they really give Larry the advice that he needs to cope with his problems?
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Suspect 1987  R, 118 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco, E. Katherine Kerr, Fred Melamed, Bill Cobbs, Michael Beach, Richard Gant
A deaf and mute street person (Liam Neeson) is accused of murder. A Washington, DC public defender (Cher) is given his case. One of the jurors is played by Dennis Quaid and that is where the real action in this film begins–with Cher and Quaid interacting, as the juror investigates and provides input to the defender.
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| 1. Another Woman (1988)
2. A Serious Man (2009)
3. Suspect (1987)
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