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Felicity: Season 4
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Felicity: Season 4

2001
Soon-to-be-college-grad Felicity is struggling to figure out who she wants to be -- and who she wants to be with -- in this teen drama. With her beau about to realize his doctor dreams, Felicity senses a rift between them.

Directed by:

  • Matt Reeves
  • Harry Winer
  • Joanna Kerns
  • Lawrence Trilling
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    When Billie Beat Bobby
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    When Billie Beat Bobby

    2001
    What starts as a publicity stunt turns into a media sensation as 55-year-old Bobby Riggs (Ron Silver) -- a chauvinistic, motormouthed, ex-Wimbledon champ -- challenges feminist tennis superstar Billie Jean King (Holly Hunter) to an exhibition match. When they square off before a huge Astrodome crowd and a TV audience of millions, there's more than money riding on the event. Hunter and Silver serve up ace performances in this engaging docudrama.

    Directed by:

  • Jane Anderson
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    The Lather Effect
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    The Lather Effect

    2007
    On the eve of selling her childhood home, Valinda (Connie Britton) hosts a liquor-drenched high school reunion party, after which she and a handful of her now 30-something friends clean up the wreckage and wax nostalgic about the long-gone 1980s. Eric Stoltz, Peter Facinelli, Ione Skye, Sarah Clarke and Tate Donovan fill out the cast of this intriguing ensemble dramedy from co-writer-director Sarah Kelly.

    Directed by:

  • Sarah Kelly
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Tenth Year
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Tenth Year

    2008
    The 10th season of this Emmy Award-winning police drama opens with Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) investigating the connection between a 7-year-old boy (Jae Head) who claims he's being abused by his foster parents (Luke Perry and Julie Bowen) and a traumatized young woman (Sara Gilbert) whose rapist was never found. Later, Detective Stabler (Christopher Meloni) is forced to confront his own demons when his daughter gets caught with drugs.

    Directed by:

  • Arthur W. Forney
  • Peter Leto
  • Helen Shaver
  • David Platt
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    Angela
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    Angela

    2002
    Set in Palermo, this film tells the true story of Angela (Donatella Finocchiaro), the Sicilian "trophy wife" of a powerful -- and much older -- member of the mafia (Mario Pupella). Angela becomes involved in her husband's drug-dealing business, which operates under the cover of a fashionable shoe store. Ultimately, Angela falls in love with one of her husband's underlings (Andrea Di Stefano), creating a dangerous love triangle.

    Directed by:

  • Roberta Torre
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    The Milk of Sorrow
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    The Milk of Sorrow

    2009
    Stricken with a pathological fear she contracted from her mother's breast milk -- the "milk of sorrow," a condition suffered by women who were raped during Peru's civil wars -- Fausta (Magaly Solier) goes to extreme lengths to protect her own sexuality and safety. But when her anguished mother finally dies, Fausta finds herself compelled to embark on a frightening journey that could lead her to freedom and wholeness. Claudia Llosa directs this Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film.

    Directed by:

  • Claudia Llosa
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Ninth Year
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Ninth Year

    2007
    Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni hit the streets of New York for a ninth season as detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler in this Emmy Award-winning police procedural that draws its inspiration from real-life criminal cases. Cynthia Nixon guest stars as a mother with a dissociative personality disorder, while Robin Williams makes a memorable turn on the show's 200th episode as a troubled man who rejects authority.

    Directed by:

  • Peter Leto
  • Kate Woods
  • Juan J. Campanella
  • Jonathan Kaplan
  • David Platt
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    The Six Wives of Henry VIII
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    The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    1970
    Starring Keith Michell in an Emmy-winning turn as King Henry VIII, this BBC historical drama recounts the lusty monarch's reign from 1509-47 -- and the sometimes-bloody splits from his unlucky wives. Assuming the throne of the House of Tudor as a strapping lad of 17, Henry inherits his brother's widow -- the first in a succession of six women he would marry before injury, illness and obesity led to his demise in 1547.

    Directed by:

  • John Glenister
  • Naomi Capon
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    The Perez Family
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    The Perez Family

    1995
    Released from prison after 20 years, a Cuban plantation owner is permitted to join a boat exodus to Miami, where he hopes to reunite with his wife and daughter. Along the way, he meets a fiery young hooker looking for a better life in America.

    Directed by:

  • Mira Nair
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    First Among Equals
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    First Among Equals

    1986
    Adapted from Jeffrey Archer's best-selling novel, this BAFTA-nominated miniseries about four British politicians goes behind the closed doors of Parliament, where unscrupulous behavior and political corruption abound.

    Directed by:

  • John Gorrie
  • Brian Mills
  • Sarah Harding
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    The Last September
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    The Last September

    1999
    Adapted from Elizabeth Bowen's novel of the same name, The Last September reveals how family secrets affect life on a country estate in strife-torn 1920s Ireland. Sir Richard Naylor (Michael Gambon) and Lady Myra (Maggie Smith) play host to an odd assortment of family and friends, and their attendant traumas. When one more guest -- Lady Myra's childhood friend Marda Norton (Fiona Shaw) -- is added to the mix, an emotional fuse gets lit.

    Directed by:

  • Deborah Warner
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    Head On
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    Head On

    1999
    This edgy indie drama follows 19-year-old Ari (Alex Dimitriades), a gay Greek-Australian whose roiling ethnic- and sexual-identity struggles lead to a wild, 24-hour odyssey. When he's not dealing drugs or bedding nameless partners, Ari joins his younger sister (Andrea Mandalis) in a battle of wills against their reactionary parents. Though he ultimately runs afoul of the law, Ari remains impenitent about his self-destructive hedonism.

    Directed by:

  • Ana Kokkinos
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    Holy Smoke
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    Holy Smoke

    2000
    Returning to Australia from India after living in a cult, Ruth is enraged to learn she was tricked into coming back by PJ Waters, a hotshot deprogramming guru. Waters believes he can return Ruth to normalcy, but Ruth quickly turns the tables on him.

    Directed by:

  • Jane Campion
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    Cinévardaphoto
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    Cinévardaphoto

    2004
    How potent is the power of a picture? Filmmaker Agnès Varda asks this question and attempts to answer it in three separate vignettes. In the first, a female artist, Ydessa, collects photographs of teddy bears. But why? Next, the director examines her snapshots from the 1950s, taking a step back in time. The final short captures Cuba after the revolution, full of possibilities and on the brink of otherness.

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    Borough of Kings
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    Borough of Kings

    2000
    Jimmy's (James Stanek) ambition in life is to get out of Brooklyn and avoid the criminal lifestyle for which he seems destined. To that end, he follows his dreams of becoming an actor and lands a role in a Shakespearean production. But being center stage might not be such a good idea when Jimmy witnesses a brutal mob murder. Olympia Dukakis co-stars as the theater director who sees potential in the budding young thespian.

    Directed by:

  • Elyse Lewin
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    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
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    I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

    1987
    Loony but lovable klutz Polly (Sheila McCarthy) lands a job in an upscale art gallery. In a major gaffe, she hangs a piece of art she mistakenly credits to her boss, Gabrielle (Paule Baillargeon), but which really was created by Gabrielle's lover, Mary (Ann-Marie MacDonald). And when she develops an inconvenient crush on Gabrielle, Polly's troubles begin to multiple faster than dabs of paint on a Jackson Pollock canvas.

    Directed by:

  • Patricia Rozema
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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.

    Directed by:

  • 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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