Big Fan 2009  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert D. Siegel
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Michael Rapaport, Matt Servitto, Gino Cafarelli, Serafina Fiore, Jonathan Hamm, Joe Garden, Polly Humphreys, Sidne Anderson, Miranda Rhyne, Tom Epstein
Staten Island parking-garage attendant Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt) considers himself to be "the world's biggest New York Giants fan." He lives with his mother (Marcia Jean Kurtz) and spends his spare time calling the local sports talk-show where he bickers with his rival Phil (Michael Rapaport) who is a Philadelphia Eagles fan. One night, Paul and his friend Sal (Kevin Corrigan) spot Giants linebacker Quantrell Bishop (Jonathan Hamm) and follow him to a Manhattan strip club where matters take a turn, and Bishop severely beats Paul. Paul is hospitalized, and when the media picks up on the story, Paul is left doubting his allegiance to the Giants and all that he believed in.
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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus 2006  R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Fur
Director: Steven Shainberg
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander, Emmy Clarke, Genevieve McCarthy, Boris McGiver, Marceline Hugot, Mary Duffy, Emily Bergi, Lynn Marie Stetson, Matt Servitto
Diane Arbus (Nicole Kidman) made a name for herself as a visionary photographer. This fictionalized account of her life begins when she was an assistant to her successful photographer husband (Ty Burrell). Diane found her own niche in the photography world when she met an upstairs neighbor, Lionel Sweeney (Robert Downey Jr.), who was covered from head to foot with hair and had previously been a circus freak. Lionel introduces her to his world of freaks–and more.
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Saturn 1999  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Speed of Life
Director: Rob Schmidt
Cast: Scott Caan, Leo Burmester, Mia Kirshner, Richard Miccucci, Anthony Ruivivar, Geoffrey Cantor, Sally Stewart, Cesar L. Aramburu, Mtume Gant, Erol Mars, Peggy Gormley, Matt Servitto
College student Drew (Scott Caan) wants to become an engineer, but there are temptations and family responsibilities that interfere with his dream. While he has caregiving responsibility for his father (Leo Burmester), who has advanced Alzheimer's Syndrome, he is also tempted by money involved with drug dealing and by a dangerous, sexual affair.
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Two Family House 2000  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raymond De Felitta
Cast: Michael Rispoli, Kelly Macdonald, Katherine Narducci, Kevin Conway, Matt Servitto, Michele Santopietro, Louis Guss, Rosemary DeAngelis, Anthony Arkin, Saul Stein
To attain his dream of owning a bar, Buddy (Michael Rispoli) uses an inheritance to buy a two family house in which he and his wife Estelle (Katherine Narducci) can live on the second floor while the bar occupies the first. Estelle objects, and then Buddy learns that the O'Nearys (Kelly MacDonald and Kevin Conway) already rent the upstairs apartment and are not about to be evicted. Despite these problems, Buddy is about to learn the importance of family, friends, and what love is really all about.
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| 1. Big Fan (2009)
2. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
aka: Fur
3. Saturn (1999)
aka: Speed of Life
4. Two Family House (2000)
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