15 Minutes 2001  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks, Melina Kanakaredes, Karel Roden, Oleg Taktarov, Vera Farmiga, John DiResta, James Handy
NYPD homicide detective Eddie Flemming (Robert De Niro) joins forces with an arson investigator, Jordy Warsaw (Edward Burns). They solve an arson/homicide case and uncover a video-taped crime spree by European robbers whose true aim is gaining fame via the U.S. media.
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Autumn In New York 2000   PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Chen
Cast: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia, Elaine Stritch, Vera Farmiga, Sherry Stringfield, Jill Hennessy, J.K. Simmons, Sam Trammell, Mary Beth Hurt, Kali Rocha, Steven Randazzo, Toby Poser, George Spielvogel III, Ranjit Chowdhry
Will Keane (Richard Gere) has spent his life as a playboy, enjoying life as a series of women enter and leave his domain. Now, he meets and falls for the beautiful, but terminally ill, Charlotte (Winona Ryder). Bring your hankies to this tearjerker as, once again, an aging Richard Gere pursues a younger woman.
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Zac Mattoon O'Brien, Jack Scanlon, Henry Kingsmill, Vera Farmiga, Cara Horgan, David Thewlis, Zsuzsa Holl, Amber Beattie, Sheila Hancock, Laszlo Aron, Richard Johnson, Ivan Verebely, Bela Fesztbaum, Attila Egyed
Set during World War II, this is eight-year-old Bruno's (Asa Butterfield) story of the forbidden bond he forms with a Jewish boy Shmuel (Jack Scanlon) who is a prisoner in the concentration camp that Bruno's father (David Thewlis) commands. As their friendship grows, Bruno begins to question the Nazi doctrines that his family, including his mother (Vera Farmiga) and sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) follow, and Bruno even begins to doubt the "heroism" of his Nazi father.
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Breaking and Entering 2006  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn, Martin Freeman, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Rafi Gavron, Poppy Rogers, Mark Benton, Juliet Stevenson, Caroline Chikezie, Red Lazar, Branka Katic, Velibor Topic
Landscape architect Will (Jude Law) has problems at home, which include fights with his wife (Robin Wright Penn) and more troubles with her teenage daughter Bea (Poppy Rogers). Now, Will and partner Sandy (Martin Freeman) have opened an office in the inner-city area of London's King's Cross. As soon as they move in, the office is burglarized, and then the crime is committed again. Will spends evenings at the office hoping to catch the culprit. Another strike occurs, and this time Will gives chase and sees a young man entering a seedy apartment building. Will learns that he is a 15-year-old Bosnian refugee, Miro (Rafi Gavron), and visits the apartment where he meets Miro's mother, Amira (Juliette Binoche), who ekes out a living as a seamstress. They form a friendship, but more problems follow.
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 The Departed 2006  R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Corrigan, James Badge Dale, David O'Hara, Mark Rolston, Robert Wahlberg, Kristen Dalton
Lies, lies, and more lies proliferate when Massachusetts State Police plant one of their own, Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio), into Irish-American gangster Frank Costello's (Jack Nicholson) inner circle. But, Costello has been employing his own deceits, and his spy, Colin Sulllivan (Matt Damon), is working in the Special Investigations Unit that is trying to bring down Costello. With intelligence leaks on both sides, a deadly game of cat and mouse becomes the order of the day. The film received four Oscars, including Best Picture and Director; and a nomination was received for Best Supporting Actor (Mark Wahlberg).
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 Dummy 2003 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Greg Pritikin
Cast: Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter, Ron Leibman, Jared Harris, Mirabella Pisani, Helen Hanft, Richmond Hoxie, Adam LeFevre, Poppi Kramer, Joanne Bayes, John Elsen, Tom Plotkin
Although it has been 10 years since his high-school graduation, Steven (Adrien Brody) still lives at his dysfunctional family's home. Jobless, he spends time as a ventriloquist talking to his dummy. His only friend, Fangora (Milla Jovovich), wants to be a punk rocker. But, together they join in self-discoveries about their roles in life and attain more than once was thought possible.
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 Dust 2001 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Cast: Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Adrian Lester, Anne Brochet, Nikolina Kujaca, Rosemary Murphy, Vlado Jovanovski, Salaetin Bilal, Vera Farmiga, Matt Ross, Meg Gibson, Tamer Ibrahim
Two intertwined stories unfold–one in modern New York and the other in Oklahoma and Macedonia 100 years previously. When a small-time burglar breaks into an apartment, an elderly woman (Rosemary Murphy) subdues him and forces the burglar to listen to a story of her family. This involves the tale of two brothers (Joseph Fiennes and David Wenham), one a ruthless, fun-loving killer and the other a righteous Christian, who become rivals not only for a woman but in a Macedonian conflict.
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Iron Jawed Angels 2004 TV, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Katja von Garnier
Cast: Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Anjelica Huston, Margo Martindale, Molly Parker, Lois Smith, Patrick Dempsey, Laura Fraser, Vera Farmiga, Brooke Smith, Adilah Barnes, Bob Gunton, Julia Ormond, Carrie Snodgress
Women's suffrage is the theme of this story set in the early part of the 20th century when American feminist Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and social reformer Lucy Burns (Frances O'Connor) left the mainstream effort and formed a more radical wing fighting for women's right to vote. The title comes from Alice's fight against being force fed while on a hunger strike after being jailed with her suffragettes when they picketed the White House. While she showed courage, the real courage was that of the suffragettes as a whole whose efforts resulted in the ratification of the 19th Constitutional Amendment on July 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.
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Joshua 2007 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: George Ratliff
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts, Michael McKean, Jacob Kogan, Nancy Giles, Linda Larkin, Alex Draper, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Ezra Barnes, Jodie Markell, Rufus Collins, Haviland Morris, Tom Bloom
Nine-year-old Joshua (Jacob Kogan) lives in New York City with his parents Brad and Abby (Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga) and the family's cute dog. Life appears fine–until Joshua's new baby sister, Lily, appears on the scene. Lily screams all the time, Brad and Abby suffer from the disruptions, the dog dies, and the dark side of Joshua emerges.
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Love in the Time of Money 2002 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Mattei
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Jill Hennessy, Michael Imperioli, Rosario Dawson, Adrian Grenier, Malcolm Gets, Carol Kane, Vera Farmiga, Domenick Lombardozzi, Nahanni Johnstone
A series of vignettes involving New Yorkers looking for love and/or money is the theme used by writer-director Peter Mattei for this, his first, feature film.
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 The Manchurian Candidate 2004 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Kimberly Elise, Vera Farmiga, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Sakina Jaffrey, Ted Levine, Miguel Ferrer, Bruno Ganz, Simon McBurney, Pablo Schreiber, Dorian Missick, Anthony Mackie
In this updated version of "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), Gulf War veteran Captain Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) is still in the Army, but his squad sergeant, Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), left the Army a hero and is now running for Vice President. Marco is having nightmares over what happened to their platoon while under the leadership of Shaw and tries to contact him. But, a big player in Shaw's campaign is his mother, Eleanor (Meryl Streep), who is determined to keep Marco away from her son. She wants him to be Vice President–no matter what!
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Nothing But the Truth 2008  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Rod Lurie
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Angela Bassett, Alan Alda, Vera Farmiga, David Schwimmer, Courtney B. Vance, Noah Wyle, Floyd Abrams, Preston Bailey, Kristen Bough, Julie Ann Emery, Robert Harvey, Michael O'Neill, Kristen Shaw
With support from her editor Bonnie Benjamin (Angela Bassett), Washington, D.C., political journalist Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) reveals the name of covert CIA agent Erica Van Doren (Vera Farmiga) in her story about a government scandal. When she refuses to reveal her source, U.S. District Court Judge Hall (Floyd Abrams) throws Rachel into jail for contempt of court, and her legal struggles begin as U.S. attorney Patton Dubois (Matt Dillon) pressures her to reveal her source. Rachel's attorney, Albert Burnside (Alan Alda), cites her First Amendment rights as he pleads her case. Meanwhile, Rachel spends one year in jail where she is beaten up by the inmates and is alienated from her husband Ray (David Schwimmer) but, through it all, maintains her integrity.
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The Opportunists 2000 R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Myles Connell
Cast: Christopher Walken, Peter McDonald, Cyndi Lauper, Vera Farmiga, Donal Logue, Jose Zuniga, Tom Noonan, Anne Pitoniak, Olek Krupa, Paul D'Amato
One last big heist is what struggling automobile mechanic Vic Kelly (Christopher Walken) agrees to when approached by night security guards Pat (Donal Logue) and Jesus (Jose Zuniga). Enter Vic's Irish cousin Michael (Peter McDonald), and plans soon go into effect to rob a deposit delivery warehouse.
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Orphan 2009 R, 123 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Juame Collet-Serra
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Aryana Engineer, Karel Roden, Margo Martindale, Jamie Young, Lorry Ayers, Rosemary Dunsmore, Genelle Williams, Brendan Wall, Leni Parker, Matthew Raudsepp
Kate and John Coleman (Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard) have two children, a deaf girl Max (Aryana Engineer) and a son Daniel (Jimmy Bennett), and another child in on the way–until the unborn child is lost. Kate and John decide to adopt a girl, Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), in hopes of stopping Kate's intense nightmares that reflect her troubled past. Both are drawn to 9-year-old Esther, but it soon becomes clear that Esther's sweetness is just a facade, and Kate is the only one who sees that there is something terribly wrong with Esther–but her concerns fall on deaf ears as the film heads toward its devastating conclusion.
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 Return to Paradise 1998 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Ruben
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, David Conrad, Vera Farmiga, Nick Sandow, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ming Lee, Joel de la Fuente, James Michael McCauley
Lewis (Joaquin Phoenix), Tony (David Conrad), and John "Sheriff" Volgecherev (Vince Vaughn) meet in Malaysia for a vacation consisting of drugs, women, and alcohol. Later, police find the hash and arrest Lewis for trafficking drugs–a crime punishable by death. Enter Beth (Anne Heche), a lawyer who comes to Lewis' defense; she tracks down his companions and explains that IF they confess, Lewis' sentence will be lessened to "user" instead of "trafficker."
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Running Scared 2006  R, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wayne Kramer
Cast: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Karel Roden, Johnny Messner, Chazz Palminteri, Ivana Milicevic, Alex Neuberger, Michael Cudlitz, Bruce Altman, John Noble, David Warshofsky, Elizabeth Mitchell
While working for the Mob, Joey Gazelle's (Paul Walker) job is to get rid of guns used in murders, and he has been stowing the guns in his basement. One day, his young son Nicky (Alex Neuberger) and best friend Oleg (Cameron Bright) find some of the weapons. Oleg takes one gun home and shoots his stepfather. This sets off a string of events because Joey realizes that the gun can be traced as the one used in the killing of police officers, and now he could be targeted by both police and the Mob.
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| 1. 15 Minutes (2001)
2. Autumn In New York (2000)
3. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
aka: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
4. Breaking and Entering (2006)
5. The Departed (2006)
6. Dummy (2003)
7. Dust (2001)
8. Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
9. Joshua (2007)
10. Love in the Time of Money (2002)
11. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
12. Nothing But the Truth (2008)
13. The Opportunists (2000)
14. Orphan (2009)
15. Return to Paradise (1998)
16. Running Scared (2006)
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