Happiness 1998 R, 139 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Solondz Cast: Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson, Dylan Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Gazzara, Louise Lasser, Jared Harris, Jon Lovitz, Elizabeth Ashley
Middle-class New Jersey sisters–Joy (Jane Adams), Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle), and Trish (Cynthia Stevenson) live their individual lives, each filled with misery, in this story of inter-connected episodes focusing on self-absorption, aimlessness, pedophilia, and murder.
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Palindromes 2005 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Solondz Cast: Ellen Barkin, Richard Masur, Matthew Faber, Angela Pietropinto, Bill Buell, Valerie Shusterov, Hannah Freiman, Will Denton, Rachel Corr, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Debra Monk, Sharon Wilkins
Eight actresses take on the role of troubled 12-year-old Aviva in a mirage of scenarios that support the theory that people's true natures don't change even when they alter their outward appearances.
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Storytelling 2001 R, 87 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Todd Solondz Cast: Selma Blair, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Julie Hagerty, Mike Schank, Mark Webber, Noah Fleiss, Lupe Ontiveros, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom
Divided into two sections, Todd Solondz first presents "Fiction," the story about white college student (Selma Blair) who finds that when she writes about an actual sexual encounter with her black professor, her work must be called fiction. The second story, "Nonfiction," involves an aspiring filmmaker (Mike Schank) who follows a high-school senior (Mark Webber) around with a video camera, capturing moments within his dysfunctional family.
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| 1. Happiness (1998)
2. Palindromes (2005)
3. Storytelling (2001)
4. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
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