Blink 1994  R, 106 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar, Peter Friedman, Bruce A. Young, Laurie Metcalf, Matt Roth, Paul Dillon, Michael P. Byrne, Marilyn Dodds Frank
A woman (Madeleine Stowe), who was blinded 20 years ago by her mother during an alcoholic attack, regains her sight following surgery. Although her vision is blurry, she does witness a murderer leaving the scene of his crime. Enter the cop (Aidan Quinn), and the psychological drama begins.
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 Freedomland 2006  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie, LaTanya Richardson, Clarke Peters, Peter Friedman, Domenick Lombardozzi, Aasif Mandvi, Philip Bosco
White single mother Brenda Martin (Julianne Moore) from Gannon, New Jersey, reports a carjacking in the Armstrong project neighborhood during which a young Black male took off with her car while her four-year-old son was in the back seat. Black detective Lorenzo Council (Samuel L. Jackson) is assigned to the case, he barricades the Armstrong project, and racial tensions erupt between the Gannon and Armstrong residents in this psychological mystery pointing out that racial prejudice still prevails in parts of America today.
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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 There 2007 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Julianne Moore, Kris Kristofferson, Don Francks, Roc LaFortune, Michelle Williams, Yolonda Ross, Peter Friedman, Bruce Greenwood
In this impressionistic biography of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, six actors take roles of Dylan's persona as their separate stories shift back and forth. The fictionalized stories begin with 11-year-old music prodigy Woody (Marcus Carl Franklin) and continue with 19-year-old Arthur (Ben Whishaw) who is a poet in Greenwich Village during the 1960s. Then, there is the story about socially conscious Jack (Christian Bale) and another story involves rebel actor Robbie (Heath Ledger). Cate Blanchett shines in her story impersonating Dylan as a folk-singer during his electric rock era. Finally, there is the reclusive Billy (Richard Gere) who finds sanctuary in a tiny Missouri town that is on the verge of being turned into a superhighway. Together, the characters represent roles that Dylan played during his lifetime, and the result is an enjoyable film. Blanchett received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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King of the Corner 2004 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Riegert
Cast: Peter Riegert, Isabella Rossellini, Ashley Johnson, Eli Wallach, Rita Moreno, Jake Hoffman, Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Bogosian, Dominic Chianese, Harris Yulin, Frank Wood, Peter Friedman
"Freelance Rabbi" Evelyn Fink (Eric Bogosian) offers spiritual advice to Leo Spivak (Peter Riegert) who is in the midst of a midlife crisis brought on by problems with his father (Eli Wallach), daughter (Ashley Johnson), and wife (Isabella Rossellini).
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 Paycheck 2003 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller / Mystery
Director: John Woo
Cast: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, Michael C. Hall, Peter Friedman, Kathryn Morris, Ivana Milicevic, John Cassini, Fulvio Cecere, Christopher Kennedy, Callum Keith Rennie, Michelle Harrison
Reverse engineer Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) disassembles cutting-edge technology in order to improve on it for the competition. He wakes up one day with no recollection of the past two years because his memory has been erased so he cannot expose his employers. Worse yet, it appears that those employers are out to kill him, and Jennings must put together pieces of a puzzle to save his own life.
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Perfect Murder, Perfect Town 2000 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Cast: Marg Helgenberger, Kris Kristofferson, Ronny Cox, Dyanne Iandoli, Ken Howard, John Heard, Ann - Margret, Peter Friedman, Scott Cohen, Sean Whalen, John Rubinstein, Dennis Boutsikaris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Jane Powell, Murphy Guyer
This made-for-TV miniseries presents–in a detailed, chronological order–the 18 months of investigative procedures used in the struggle to bring justice in the unsolved murder case of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey who was killed on Christmas night 1996 in Boulder, Colorado.
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Safe 1995 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman, James LeGros, Mary Carver, Jessica Harper, Brandon Cruz, Susan Norman, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Steven Gilborn, April Grace, Peter Crombie, Ronnie Farer, Jodie Markell, Lorna Scott
Carol White (Julianne Moore) develops a severe allergy to almost everything in the modern world. Her husband Greg (Xander Berkeley) cannot come to terms with her condition, but while Carol is in the hospital where they are trying to determine her problem, she sees a commercial for Wrenwood, which is a New Mexico retreat for those suffering with "20th Century Disease." Carol is convinced that her only hope lies at Wrenwood, and she checks into the retreat, which is headed by Peter Dunning (Peter Friedman) who believes in a questionable therapy, and she finds herself in even more trouble.
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The Savages 2007 R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Cara Seymour, Tonye Patano, Guy Boyd, Debra Monk, Rosemary Murphy, Hal Blankenship, Joan Jaffe, Salem Ludwig
Wendy (Laura Linney) and Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the grown children of their abusive father Lenny (Philip Bosco), learn that Lenny is suffering from dementia and is dying. They fly to Arizona and bring Lenny back home to Buffalo where Wendy and Jon reunite under one roof for the first time since childhood and are forced to reconcile past differences in order to deal with their father's impending death. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Actress (Linney).
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The Seventh Sign 1988  R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Carl Schultz
Cast: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jurgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman, Manny Jacobs, John Taylor, Lee Garlington, Akosua Busia, Harry Basil, Arnold Johnson
Although Father Lucci (Peter Friedman) has been sent to Venice, California, by the Vatican to investigate signs of the apocalypse, he finds no overwhelming evidence to support a claim. But housewife Abby Quinn (Demi Moore), who is dealing with a mysterious boarder (Jurgen Prochnow), doesn't agree and fears for the future of her unborn child.
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Single White Female 1992 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman, Stephen Tobolowsky, Frances Bay, Kenneth Tobey, Jessica Lundy, Renee Estevez, Ramon Estevez, Michele Farr, Tara Karsian
Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) breaks off with her fiance Sam (Steven Weber), advertises in the classifieds for a new roommate, and ends up with the roommate from Hell (Jennifer Jason Leigh).
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Someone Like You 2001 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Cast: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin, Laura Regan, Catherine Dent, Peter Friedman, Donna Hanover, Matthew Coyle
Jane (Ashley Judd) books acts for a talk show and has a good relationship with the show's executive producer, Ray (Greg Kinnear). When Ray dumps her, Jane is determined to figure out what makes men tick, and she tests her theories on co-worker and womanizer Eddie (Hugh Jackman). You can guess what happens. Nothing special here, but some good moments.
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Spinning Into Butter 2009  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Brokaw
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Mykelti Williamson, Beau Bridges, Miranda Richardson, James Rebhorn, Victor Rasuk, Paul James, Daniel Eric Gold, Peter Friedman, Jake M. Smith, Joel Johnstone, Linda Powell, Richard Riehle, Maggie Moore, DeWanda Wise
Newly hired as a Dean of Students at Belmont College in New England, Sarah Daniels (Sarah Jessica Parker) finds herself in the midst of chaos brought on by racially motivated crimes against Black student Simon Brick (Paul James). Sarah wants the police to investigate, but fellow Dean Catherine Kenney (Miranda Richardson) and President Winston Garvey (James Rebhorn) are more interested in maintaining the school's reputation than in finding the perpetrator. When Sarah escorts Black reporter Aaron Carmichael (Mykelti Williamson) around campus, they confide in each other about racial prejudice, and Sarah does some serious thinking. Later, Professor Burton Strauss (Beau Bridges) conducts a "Forum on Race," and a riot ensues. Now, Sarah finally must deal with her own prejudices.
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Synecdoche, New York 2008 R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Josh Pais, Peter Friedman, Tom Noonan, Sadie Goldstein, Daniel London, Rosemary Murphy, Amy Wright
Caden (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Adele's (Catherine Keener) marriage is falling apart, and Adele takes their daughter Olive (Sadie Goldstein) on a trip to visit her friend Maria (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Caden suffers from a series of ailments that are shutting down his autonomic function. He sees therapist Madeleine Gravis (Hope Davis), but that gets him nowhere. Caden gathers an ensemble cast in a New York City warehouse and directs them to live out their lives in a small mockup of the outside city. Time passes, Caden and Adele are divorced, and Olive is growing up in Europe. Caden has divorced his second wife Claire (Michelle Williams) and buries himself deeper into his masterpiece that increasingly blurs the line between the play and reality. Just when he appears to pushing everything to the limit, an actress (Dianne Wiest) enters Caden's world and just may be the answer to what he needs.
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You Better Watch Out 1980 R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Christmas Evil
Terror in Toyland
Director: Lewis Jackson
Cast: Brandon Maggart, Dianne Hull, Scott McKay, Joe Jamrog, Peter Friedman, Raymond J. Barry, Robert Lesser, Sam Gray, Ellen McElduff, Patricia Richardson, Jeffrey DeMunn, Andy Fenwick, Brian Neville, Peter Neuman, Gus Salud
Toy factory worker Harry Standling (Brandon Maggart) is obsessed with putting out a quality product. He is also about to go off the deep end due to trauma he suffered as a child when he found out about Santa–in a shocking manner. Matters get worse when he snaps and starts rewarding the good children and killing the bad.
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| 1. Blink (1994)
2. Freedomland (2006)
3. In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
4. I'm Not There (2007)
5. King of the Corner (2004)
6. Paycheck (2003)
7. Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000)
8. Safe (1995)
9. The Savages (2007)
10. The Seventh Sign (1988)
11. Single White Female (1992)
12. Someone Like You (2001)
13. Spinning Into Butter (2009)
14. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
15. You Better Watch Out (1980)
aka: Christmas Evil
aka: Terror in Toyland
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