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Campus Confidential
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Campus Confidential

2005
Mad about the way that even teachers kowtow to the popular clique in her new school, feisty transfer student Violet and her pal Cornelia start up a gossip rag to bring the haughty group down a notch -- but soon get a lesson in humility themselves.

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  • Melanie Mayron
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    Love and Mary
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    Love and Mary

    2007
    After a bad review imperils her upscale bake shop, Mary plans to take her fiancé, Brent, back to Texas, with the hope of scoring some cash from the engagement party. But an outbreak of hives forces Mary to take Brent's jailbird twin, Jake, instead.

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  • Elizabeth Harrison
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    Caramel
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    Caramel

    2007
    A Lebanese beauty salon is the setting for this romantic comedy about five women and the various troubles they face, with director Nadine Labaki leading the cast as the shop's owner, Layale, who's heartbroken from a foundering affair.

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  • Nadine Labaki
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    Staying Together
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    Staying Together

    1989
    Brian (Tim Quill), Kit (Dermot Mulroney) and Duncan (Sean Astin) have always expected they'd take over their father's (Jim Haynie) restaurant once he retires. That may be why they've never taken life too seriously, given that their futures were always cemented. But when Dad decides without consulting them to sell the place to an outsider, they're forced to settle down and forge a path of their own, which isn't as easy as they expected.

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  • Lee Grant
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    Ping Pong Playa
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    Ping Pong Playa

    2007
    When a car accident sidelines his mother and brother, tough-talking slacker C-Dub (Jimmy Tsai) shelves his pipe dream of becoming an NBA star to run the family's ping-pong supply and coaching business. Indignant at first, C-Dub sets aside his resentment when he realizes that winning a table-tennis championship might also win over his dream girl. This quirky comedy earned producer Anne Clements an Independent Spirit Awards nod.

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  • Jessica Yu
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    Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet: Live in Atlanta
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    Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down the Pink Carpet: Live in Atlanta

    2010
    Filmed live in Atlanta, Leslie Jordan's one-man show features the Emmy-winning actor, writer and comedian's amusing offbeat riffs on life, celebrity encounters with everyone from Boy George to George Clooney, and being a gay Southern man. Using material culled from his book by the same name, Jordan offers up a hilarious -- and occasionally poignant -- account of Hollywood and his own fascinating life experiences.

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  • Amanda Bearse
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    16 to Life
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    16 to Life

    2009
    On her 16th birthday, never-been-kissed Kate (Hallee Hirsh) decides to play cupid for two people she works with, pairing her boss (Theresa Russell) with a paraplegic customer (Jaime Gomez) and setting up short-order cook Rene (Shiloh Fernandez) with an oversexed co-worker (Emily Foxler). But in the process of matchmaking, Kate learns some surprising lessons about love and the mechanics of romantic relationships.

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  • Becky Smith
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    Carolina
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    Carolina

    2003
    In this romantic comedy featuring Shirley MacLaine as a wacky grandma, Southern girl Carolina (Julia Stiles) envisions an entirely different existence for herself, far from the maddening mix that is her family. So, she leaves home for California, where she hopes she'll find some tranquility. But her efforts are soon wasted when she finds herself torn between two men. Who will win her heart?

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  • Marleen Gorris
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    The Second City: The First Family of Comedy
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    The Second City: The First Family of Comedy

    2006
    An uproarious behind-the-scenes look at Chicago's famed Second City comedy club and troupe, this retrospective spans from the group's early days to the hit "SCTV" series and beyond as it tickles with reminiscences from Dan Aykroyd, Tina Fey, Martin Short, Alan Arkin and Mike Meyers. Footage of Jim Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, John Candy, Eugene Levy and other alumni affirms Second City's place in comedy history.

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  • Sharon Bartlett
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    All About You
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    All About You

    2001
    Heartbroken that her boyfriend is planning a future without her, Nicole relocates to San Francisco to make a fresh start. After moving in with her best friend, Nicole unexpectedly ends up sharing living space with a man -- and they soon fall in love.

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  • Christine Swanson
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    Joe Dirt
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    Joe Dirt

    2001
    Crowned with a mullet and armed with a mop, redneck janitor Joe Dirt lands in a series of zany misadventures and befriends some eccentric characters as he searches for his parents, who abandoned him at the Grand Canyon when he was 8 years old.

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  • Dennie Gordon
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    Party Girl
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    Party Girl

    1995
    Mary (Parker Posey), a flighty, unemployed, 24-year-old Manhattanite, is trying to get her life in order. But instead of bothering herself with a real job, she throws a series of parties at her apartment to pay the rent. When she gets thrown in jail after one of her soirees is raided, she has to take a library job to repay her godmother, who bailed her out of the clink. Daisy Von Scherler Mayer directs this definitive "Generation X" comedy.

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  • Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
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    Hockey Mom
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    Hockey Mom

    2004
    Tired of hearing her male co-workers tease her about playing street hockey, single mother Paula Taymore organizes a team of women to face off against the men. But is her pride worth losing her new beau and alienating her son?

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  • Kari Skogland
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    She-Devil
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    She-Devil

    1989
    When her two-timing husband deserts her for a toffee-nosed romance novelist, dowdy housewife Ruth Patchett goes berserk and -- aided by her mother -- sets out to methodically ruin his life in this dark comedy.

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  • Susan Seidelman
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    Cake
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    Cake

    2005
    As her magazine publisher father lies in the hospital after a heart attack, free-spirited travel writer Pippa McGee agrees to help him run the family business. But the serial bachelorette balks when she learns she'll run a mag called &NFi;Wedding Bells&NFi_;.

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  • Nisha Ganatra
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    Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat: Live Show
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    Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat: Live Show

    2011
    The National Theatre's production of "The Cat in the Hat" is a lively, engaging performance for children of all ages. Based on the much-loved storybook by Dr. Seuss, this tale is colorfully adapted for the stage by director Katie Mitchell.

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  • Katie Mitchell
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    Now and Then
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    Now and Then

    1995
    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they reconcile experiences with boys, secrets, bullies and more. Lesli Linka Glatter directs; Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Cloris Leachman, Thora Birch and Christina Ricci co-star.

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  • Lesli Linka Glatter
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    Now and Then (1995)
    A heartwarming movie about four childhood girlfriends who, in adulthood reunion, relive their experience of the life-changing summer of 1970, including a mystery death, divorce, standing up to the boys, first kiss, and the meaning of true friendship. Each explores her unique identity amidst family and friends. Beautifully directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
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