HAPPINESS FOR BEGINNERS (2023)

 

Written & Directed By: Vicky Wright 

Based on the novel by: Katherine Center

Cinematography: Daniel Vecchione 

Editor: Suzanne Spangler 

Cast: Ellie Kemper, Luke Grimes, Nico Santos, Blythe Danner, Julia Shiplett, Ben Cook, Shayvawn Webster, Gus Birney 

A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It's supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother's even more annoying best friend is also coming on the trip, she can't imagine how it will be anything other than a disaster.

TOO WONG FOO: THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, JULIE NEWMAR (1995)

Directed By: Beeban Kidron 
Written By: Douglas Carter Beane 
Cinematography By: Steve Mason 
Editor: Andrew Mondshein 


Cast: Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Chris Penn, Arliss Howard, Beth Grant, Blythe Danner, Jason London, Melinda Dillon, Alice Drummond, Michael Vartan, Rupaul 


Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.

MAD CITY (1997)

Directed By: Costa-Gravas 
Written By: Tom Matthews 
Story By: Tom Matthews & Eric Williams 
Cinematography By: Patrick Blossier 
Editor: Francoise Bonnet 

Cast: John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Blythe Danner, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Robert Prosky, William Atherton, Ted Levine, Tammy Lauren, Raymond J.Barry, Lucinda Jenney, John Landis

DETACHMENT (2012)

Directed & Cinematography By: Tony Kaye Written By: Carl Lund Editor: Michelle Botticelli, Barry Alexander Brown & Geoffrey Richman Cast: Adrien Brody, James Caan, Christina Hendricks, Sammi Gayle, Tim Blake Nelson, Bryan Cranston, William Peterson, Betty Kaye, Lucy Liu, Marcia Gay Harden, Blythe Danner, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Josh Pais, Doug E. Doug,