A studio executive, Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), is the person able to make films possible by reviewing pitches that are presented to him. When he rejects a writer’s work, the writer is upset and sends threatening postcards to Griffin. ... more about Player
Art Carney stars as aging gumshoe Ira Wells in Robert Benton's affectionately offbeat homage to the detective genre. With a bad leg, a hearing aid, and a bleeding ulcer, the sixtysomething private investigator, who lives in a seedy L.A. ... more about Late Show
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Berlin International Film Festival - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
Teamed with a relentlessly cheery producer and a smart-aleck cameraman, TV weatherman Phil Connors is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. ... more about Short Cuts
Actor Awards
American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Mel Coplin departs on a mission of discovery dragging his wife and 4 month old son behind. He and wife, Nancy, won't agree on a name for their son until adopted Mel gets in touch with his roots. ... more about Flirting with Disaster
For more than 30 years 'A Prairie Home Companion' radio show has been a staple of American radio history. Tomorrow the building will be demolished. The film shows each character as they prepare for their last broadcast. ... more about Prairie Home Companion
Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe. ... more about I Heart Huckabees
During a long weekend the mid-1970s, the lives of twenty-four protagonists intersect in Nashville as the city hosts a music festival and political rally. ... more about Nashville
Actor Awards
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, from negative to positive reflections of gay characters and the troubles of actors and actresses. ... more about Celluloid Closet
New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But one day the ants retaliate. ... more about Ant Bully
Semi-autobiographical tale from the early life of director Franco Zeffirelli looks at the illegitimate son (Charlie Lucas as a child, Baird Wallace as the teen) of an Italian businessman. ... more about Tea with Mussolini
Russ Duritz is a wealthy L.A. image consultant, but as he nears 40, he's cynical, dogless, chickless, estranged from his father, and he has no memories of his childhood. One night he surprises an intruder, who turns out to be a kid, almost 8 years old. ... more about Kid
Wayne Wang's follow-up movie to Smoke presents a series of improvisational situations strung together to form a pastiche of Brooklyn's diverse ethnicity, offbeat humor, and essential humanity. ... more about Blue in the Face
Actor Awards
American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
A small and insignificant bookkeeper, Kleinman, is awoken one night by his neighbours who wants him to help them track down a strangler who has been killing people all over town. ... more about Shadows and Fog
Roger is called in to change the will of an aging millionairess. She has made arrangements for her soul to be 'captured' and transferred into the body of a younger girl. ... more about All of Me
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
One year after "Saturday Night Fever," John Travolta starred in this love story between a young drifter and an older woman - Lily Tomlin. ... more about Moment by Moment
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. ... more about Big Business
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor (Aykroyd) finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander (Lemmon), he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man. ... more about Getting Away with Murder
A contemporary comedy set at a fictional college, concerning a hard-partying eighth-year senior who develops a friendship with an eccentric older woman after accidentally crashing his car into her property. ... more about Seniors