Gentelmen Broncos 2009  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jered Hess
Cast: Michael Angarano, Sam Rockwell, Jermaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge, Mike White, Hector Jimenez, John Baker, Robin Ballard, Rod Decker, Halley Feiffer, Johnny Hoops, Suzanne May, Josh Pais, Edgar Oliver, Clive Revill
Teen-aged Benjamin (Michael Angarano) is home-schooled by his mother Judith (Jennifer Coolidge) and is a loner who has written a manuscript "Yeast Lords" featuring a hero, Bronco (Sam Rockwell). While attending a writers camp, Benjamin meets Tabatha (Halley Feiffer) and Lonnie (Hector Jimenez). They offer Benjamin $300 for the manuscript so Lonnie can make a film of it. Meanwhile, at a sci-fest, Benjamin submits his manuscript to Dr. Chevalier (Jermaine Clement) who steals it for himself. Chevalier changes the name of Bronco to Brutus (also Sam Rockwell) and alters many of the details. Interspersed with the story, the three versions of Benjamin's story are shown, and then, finally, Benjamin confronts Chevalier and accuses him of plagiarism.
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Margot at the Wedding 2007 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black, John Turturro, Flora Cross, Ciaran Hinds, Halley Feiffer, Zane Pais, Susan Blackwell, Seth Barrish, Matthew Arkin, Christian Hansen
Sibling rivalry rises to the fore when Margot (Nicole Kidman) arrives home for her estranged sister Pauline's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) wedding. Margot has her teenage son Claude (Zane Pais) with her, but husband Jim (John Turturro) is not by her side because Margot is in the process of dumping him. Margot makes no pretense of hiding the fact that she does not like anything nor anyone connected with Pauline's wedding. The sisters argue, past secrets are revealed, and resulting tensions threaten Pauline's relationship with her fiance Malcolm (Jack Black). As family relationships deteriorate, will the sisters find anything to bring about a peaceful solution to their problems?
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 The Squid and the Whale 2005  R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin, Anna Paquin, Halley Feiffer, David Benger, Adam Rose, Eli Gelb
Jealousy over their successes in writing splits up the Birkman family, and the parents'–Bernard and Joan (Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney)–squabbles over everything including joint-custody, new relationships, and money make divorce not only hard on themselves but needlessly difficult for their young sons Walt and Frank (Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline).
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Stephanie Daley 2007 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hilary Brougher
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Denis O'Hare, Jim Gaffigan, Deirdre O'Connell, Melissa Leo, Halley Feiffer, Kel O'Neill, Neal Huff, John Ellison Conlee, Vincent Piazza, Marceline Hugot, Kaiulani Lee, Novella Nelson
Sixteen-year-old Stephanie Daley (Amber Tamblyn) gives birth in the ladies' room during a school ski trip. Later, when the fetus is discovered dead, and, although she claims the baby was stillborn, Stephanie faces murder charges. Forensic psychologist Lydie Crane (Tilda Swinton) is assigned to meet with Stephanie to determine whether or not she is telling the truth. During their sessions Lydie, who is pregnant, deals with her own guilt about a previous pregnancy that ended in a stillbirth as well as her confused feelings about the baby she is now carrying.
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| 1. Gentelmen Broncos (2009)
2. Margot at the Wedding (2007)
3. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
4. Stephanie Daley (2007)
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