 Little Children 2006  R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Todd Field
Cast: Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Noah Emmerich, Jackie Earle Haley, Gregg Edelman, Phyllis Somerville, Raymond J. Barry, Jane Adams, Ty Simpkins, Sadie Goldstein, Trini Alvarado
Suburban parents–stay-at-home dad Brad Adamson (Patrick Wilson) and frustrated mom Sarah Pierce (Kate Winslet)–meet while taking their children to community playgrounds. Their sexual attraction to each other is obvious, and, after awhile, a torrid affair ensues. Meanwhile, Brad's friend Larry Hedges (Noah Emmerich) spends much of his time driving by the house of recently released sex offender Ronald James McGorvey (Jackie Earle Haley) who has returned to the neighborhood to live with his mother (Phyllis Somerville). The lives and adventures of other parents in the neighborhood cross as well while supervising their children at playgrounds and pools in the small town. Three Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actress (Kate Winslet) and Supporting Actress (Jackie Earle Haley).
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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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| 1. Little Children (2006)
2. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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