Dvd release date: 10/07/2008
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman
Director: Tom McCarthy
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13
In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy’s follow-up to his award winning directorial debut film “The Station Agent”, Richard Jenkins (“Six Feet Under”) stars as a disillusioned Connecticut economics [...]
Dvd release date: 08/12/2008
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church
Director: Noam Murro
Category: Independent
Rated: R
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant – but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he’s as downright flummoxed as the next guy. His collegiate son won’t confide in him, his [...]
Dvd release date: 06/24/2008
Starring: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve
Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13
Based on the original graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. A story of a young girl coming-of-age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine-year-old Marjane that we see a people’s hopes dashed as [...]
Dvd release date: 04/15/2008
Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera
Director: Jason Reitman
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13
Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) is a cool, confident teenager who takes a nine-month detour into adulthood when she’s faced with an unplanned pregnancy and sets out to find the perfect parents for her baby. With the help of her charmingly unassuming boyfriend (Michael Cera), [...]
Dvd release date: 03/25/2008
Starring: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon
Director: Goran Dukic (II)
Category: Independent
Rated: R
Life is a trip, but the afterlife is one hell of a ride. Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly [...]
Dvd release date: 02/26/2008
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson
Director: Wes Anderson
Category: Independent
Rated: R
Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman star as three brothers who have drifted apart over the years and try to re-forge their sibling bonds on a hilarious adventure across India. “The Royal Tennenbaums” meets “Lost In Translation.”. (Publisher)
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Dvd release date: 02/19/2008
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Noah Baumbach
Category: Independent
Rated: R
From Academy Award nominated writer/director Noah Baumbach (“The Squid And The Whale”) comes a daringly funny and bracingly honest exploration of the tender, absurd and sometimes excruciating relationship between siblings: “Played with an uncompromising fearlessness” by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman and [...]
Dvd release date: 12/18/2007
Starring: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
Director: John Carney
Category: Independent
Rated: R
A serendipitous meeting on the streets of Dublin between a down on his luck Irish street performer and a poor Czech immigrant sparks a bond that plays out in this hip, modern day music film. “Once” follows the two as they write, rehearse [...]
Dvd release date: 08/28/2007
Starring: Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Mike White
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13
Molly Shannon plays Peggy, a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister living alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life. John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King and Laura [...]
Dvd release date: 08/21/2007
Starring: Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo
Director: Zoe R. Cassavetes
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13
Nora Wilder, a thirty-something Manhattanite plugging away at her job in a posh downtown hotel, can’t help but wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien, a [...]