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Stand-In (1937) Tay Garnett, Leslie Howard
Atterbury Dodd is an efficiency expert who believes everything can be reduced to mathematics. He is sent to Hollywood to see whether Colossal Pictures is a good investment. Read More »
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Robert Z. Leonard
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Author! Author! (1982) Arthur Hiller, Al Pacino
Playwright Travalian feels pulled limb from limb these days. He has a Broadway play in rehearsal and they want rewrites. Read More »
The Tao of Steve (2000) Jenniphr Goodman
Underachieving, overweight kindergarten teacher Dex finds a woman who forces him to reexamine his Zen-like system of seduction. Read More »
Agenda: Grinding America Down (2010)
When Idaho Legislator Curtis Bowers wrote a “letter to the editor” about the drastic changes in America’s culture Read More »
Nietzsche and the Nazis (2006)
One of the intellectual giants of the 19th century, Friedrich Nietzsche had an impact on countless future intellectuals and writers. Read More »
Innocence of Memories (2015) Grant Gee
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Mansfield Park (1999) Patricia Rozema
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Servant and Mistress (1977) Servante et maîtresse
When a rich man dies, his maid Maria unexpectedly becomes his heir. Read More »