 Changing Lanes 2002  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Amanda Peet, Tina Sloan, Kim Staunton, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins, Dylan Baker, Akil Walker, Cole Hawkins, Ileen Getz, Jennifer Dundas, Matt Malloy
Road rage escalates to new heights between a Wall Street lawyer, Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), and recovering alcoholic Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson) who is fighting a bitter custody battle with his estranged wife Valerie (Kim Staunton). When their cars sideswipe on FDR Drive in Manhattan, the accident sets off a chain of events that becomes more and more dangerous.
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 Enduring Love 2004  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans, Alexandra Aitken, Susan Lynch, Bill Nighy, Lee Sheward, Bill Weston, Helen McCrory, Rosie Michell, Corin Redgrave, Amanda Root
Several strangers watch a hot-air balloon crash and try to save a young boy passenger. In the process, one of the men helping in the rescue is killed. Two of the rescuers–Joe (Daniel Craig) and Jed (Rhys Ifans)–are left with feelings of guilt that rapidly accelerate when Jed begins trailing Joe in an attempt to better understand the meaning behind the accident.
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The Mother 2003  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Cathryn Bradshaw, Steven Mackintosh, Peter Vaughan, Anna Wilson-Jones, Oliver Ford Davies, Danira Govich, Harry Michell, Rosie Michell, Isabella Telezynska, Carlo Kureishi
Recently widowed May (Anne Reid) enters into an affair with married daughter Paula's (Cathryn Bradshaw) lover (Daniel Craig) in this story that examines facets of illicit, intergenerational relationships taking place under the same roof.
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 Notting Hill 1999 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Richard McCabe, Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Dylan Moran, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Alec Baldwin, Clarke Peters, James Dreyfus, Henry Goodman, Lorelei King
The simple life of bookshop owner William Thacker (Hugh Grant) changes forever when a famous American actress, Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), browses in his London store. Their eyes meet, and sparks begin to fly–to the amazement and enjoyment of his friends and family. They get to know each other better, but forming a relationship isn't easy while under the scrutiny of not only family and friends but the press, as well.
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Persuasion 1995 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds, Corin Redgrave, Susan Fleetwood, Phoebe Nicholls, Fiona Shaw, Judy Cornwell, John Woodvine, Samuel West, Sophie Thompson, Simon Russell Beale, Felicity Dean, Emma Roberts, Richard McCabe
Based on Jane Austen's novel, this is the tale of two 19th-century people, Anne Elliot (Amanda Root) and Captain Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds), who belong to different worlds in society but rise above criticism and pursue their romance and eventual happiness.
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Titanic Town 1998 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Julie Walters, Ciaran Hinds, Nuala O'Neill, James Loughran, Barry Loughran, Elizabeth Donaghy, Ciaran McMenamin, Jaz Pollock, Caolan Byrne, Aingeal Grehan
A Belfast mother of four, Bernie McPhelimy (Julie Walters) takes up the peace cause as her personal effort to end the guerilla war between the British army and the Irish Republican army. As Bernie openly expresses her disdain for the situation, her daughter, Annie (Nuala O'Neill), finds her mother's actions are threatening Annie's romance with an Irish boy.
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Venus 2006 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths, Beatrice Savoretti, Philip Fox, Lolita Chakrabarti, Carolina Giammetta, Kellie Shirley, Ashley Madekwe, Ony Uhiara, Cathryn Bradshaw
Aging actors Maurice (Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) sit around cafes talking about the theater and the problems of growing old. But things change when Ian's grandniece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) comes to stay with him. Jessie is very rough around the edges, and Ian sets out to polish her roughness by taking her to the theater and encouraging her to read. Maurice, on the other hand, sees romance in Jessie who is more than 50 years his junior. Although left impotent by prostrate surgery, Maurice employs a sly courtship that brings out the good things in Jessie, and they develop a bond.
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| 1. Changing Lanes (2002)
2. Enduring Love (2004)
3. The Mother (2003)
4. Notting Hill (1999)
5. Persuasion (1995)
6. Titanic Town (1998)
7. Venus (2006)
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