The Dawning 1988  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Knights
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Tara MacGowran, Hugh Grant, Ronnie Masterson, John Rogan, Joan O'Hara, Charmian May, Ann Way, Mark O'Regan
Life is good for young Nancy Gulliver (Rebecca Pidgeon) in 1920s Ireland, except for the crush on staid Harry (Hugh Grant) who, in turn, loves another. Things change for Nancy when an Irish rebel terrorist (Anthony Hopkins) shows up at her beach house, and she becomes involved in Irish activism against the British. The good cast includes Trevor Howard (in his last film) as Nancy's grandfather and Jean Simmons as her aunt.
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Edmond 2006  R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna, Bai Ling, Jeffrey Combs, Denise Richards, Mena Suvari, Dylan Walsh, Russell Hornsby, Debi Mazar, Rebecca Pidgeon, Lionel Mark Smith, Marcus Thomas, Jack Wallace
Bored and discontented, middle-class businessman Edmund Burke (William H. Macy) stops by a tarot reader storefront on his way home from work. The message he receives, "You are not where you belong." encourages him to leave his wife (Rebecca Pidgeon). That act begins his downhill spiral into the city's violent underworld where Edmund responds in kind.
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Heist 2001 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Patti LuPone, Karen Cliche, Christopher Kaldor, Christian Maguire, Mark Camacho, Michelle Sweeney
Great performances provide solid entertainment in this David Mamet thriller. Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) has led a successful life of crime when fellow jewel thief Bergman (Danny DeVito) talks him into one last score. But when Bergman adds his hot-headed nephew, Jimmy Silk (Sam Rockwell), to the mix, the result is one double-cross after another.
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The Lodger 2009  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: David Ondaatje
Cast: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook, Simon Baker, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Agostini, Michael Albala, J.P. Foster Jr., Donal Logue, Rebecca Pidgeon, Michael O'Hagan, Francois Chau, Roy Werner, Stephen Steelman
In this animated documentary, Ari Folman listens as his friend tells him that he suffers from a nightmare in which 26 ferocious dogs chase him. The two men reason that the nightmares must be related to a mission they participated in during the first Lebanon War. Ari realizes that his memory of that time is very poor, and he travels to find old comrades from those days to refresh his memory. As he interviews old friends and acquaintances, Ari's memory emerges, and his recollections of his participation in the war leads, finally, to his denunciation of all wars.
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Redbelt 2008 R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga, Joe Mantegna, Rodrigo Santoro, Ricky Jay, David Paymer, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Tim Allen, Randy Couture, John Machado, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Allison Karman, Renato Magno
Jiu-jitsu instructor Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor) believes that "competition is weakening" and has chosen to stay out of the ring and, instead, teach self-defense at his gym. Mike and his wife Sondra (Alice Braga) are struggling to make ends meet when, one night, a distraught lawyer (Emily Mortimer) fires a gun that destroys Mike's storefront window. This sets off a chain of events. Mike really needs money now, and his life changes dramatically. He meets promoters Jerry Weiss (Joe Mantegna) and Marty Brown (Ricky Jay) and action star Chet Frank (Tim Allen), and Mike finally agrees to fight in the ring to get the money he needs to pay off his debts.
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Shopgirl 2005 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Anand Tucker
Cast: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms, Frances Conroy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Samantha Shelton, Gina Doctor, Clyde Kusatsu, Rachel Nichols, Shane Edelman
Mirabelle (Claire Danes) grew up in Vermont but has moved to California where she works as a gloves salesperson at Saks Fifth Avenue in Los Angeles. Now, two very different men enter her life–divorced, wealthy executive Ray (Steve Martin) and struggling, rock-and-roll musician Jeremy (Jason Schwartzman)–and, at some point, Michelle must choose between the two.
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The Spanish Prisoner 1997  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Steve Martin, Ricky Jay, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman, Ed O'Neill, Richard L. Friedman, Jerry Graff, G. Roy Levin
The con game involving the promise of a fortune IF the mark can come up with some up-front money is the theme of this very good thriller in which a naive inventor, Joe Ross (Campbell Scott), becomes involved in a web of industrial espionage.
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State and Main 2000 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clark Gregg, William H. Macy, Patti LuPone, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Paymer, Rebecca Pidgeon, Julia Stiles
Director Walt Price's (William H. Macy) Hollywood movie crew arrives in Waterford, Vermont, after being run out of New Hampshire because the star, Bob Barrenger (Alec Baldwin), made a play for a local junior-high-school girl. Now the script must be rewritten–to the dismay of playwright Joseph Turner White (Philip Seymour Hoffman)–because the title is "The Old Mill," and Waterford has no mill. While the locals are enthralled with the movie-making glitz, the producer, Marty Rossen (David Paymer), struggles to keep his stars under control and the movie within budget.
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The Winslow Boy 1999 G, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon, Gemma Jones, Guy Edwards, Matthew Pidgeon, Colin Stinton, Aden Gillett, Sarah Flind, Neil North
Based on a true incident that took place in 1912, this story traces the escalation of events as Arthur Winslow (Nigel Hawthorne) deals with what he perceives as his son's unfair treatment resulting in his expulsion from Osburne Naval College. His fight will soon expand to reach national proportions.
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| 1. The Dawning (1988)
2. Edmond (2006)
3. Heist (2001)
4. Homicide (1991)
5. The Lodger (2009)
6. Redbelt (2008)
7. Shopgirl (2005)
8. The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
9. State and Main (2000)
10. The Winslow Boy (1999)
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