Indignation
In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.
Director: James Schamus
Stars: Ben Rosenfield Danny Burstein Joanne Baron Linda Emond Logan Lerman Noah Robbins Philip Ettinger Pico Alexander Sarah Gadon Tracy Letts
In Her Shoes
Irresponsible party girl, Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer, Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.
Director: Curtis Hanson
Stars: Anson Mount Brooke Smith Cameron Diaz Candice Azzara Mark Feuerstein Nicole Randall Johnson Richard Burgi Shirley MacLaine Terrance Christopher Jones Toni Collette
In the Bedroom
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. His son is involved in a love affair with a local single mother. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy.
Director: Todd Field
Stars: Celia Weston Frank T. Wells Karen Allen Marisa Tomei Nick Stahl Sissy Spacek Tom Wilkinson W. Clapham Murray William Mapother William Wise
An Ideal Husband
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
Director: Oliver Parker
Stars: Ben Pullen Cate Blanchett Jeremy Northam John Wood Julianne Moore Lindsay Duncan Marsha Fitzalan Minnie Driver Peter Vaughan Rupert Everett
The Ice Harvest
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Director: Harold Ramis
Stars: Bill Noble Billy Bob Thornton Brad Smith Connie Nielsen John Cusack Lara Phillips Meghan Maureen McDonough Mike Starr Ned Bellamy T.J. Jagodowski
I.Q.
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
Director: Fred Schepisi
Stars: Charles Durning Frank Whaley Gene Saks Joseph Maher Lou Jacobi Meg Ryan Stephen Fry Tim Robbins Tony Shalhoub Walter Matthau