Martha Velez

One Eight Seven (1997)

After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Reynolds
CAST:  Samuel L. Jackson  •  John Heard  •  Kelly Rowan  •  Clifton Collins Jr.

After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Reynolds
CAST:  Samuel L. Jackson  •  John Heard  •  Kelly Rowan  •  Clifton Collins Jr.

Side Out (1990)

A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Israelson
CAST:  C. Thomas Howell  •  Peter Horton  •  Courtney Thorne-Smith  •  Harley Jane Kozak

A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Israelson
CAST:  C. Thomas Howell  •  Peter Horton  •  Courtney Thorne-Smith  •  Harley Jane Kozak

Safe (1995)

Gripping

An upper middle-class housewife suffering from various unexplained symptoms of illness comes to believe that she is suffering from multiple chemical sensitivity and moves into a secluded facility to recover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Haynes
CAST:  Julianne Moore  •  Peter Friedman  •  Xander Berkeley  •  Dean Norris

An upper middle-class housewife suffering from various unexplained symptoms of illness comes to believe that she is suffering from multiple chemical sensitivity and moves into a secluded facility to recover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Haynes
CAST:  Julianne Moore  •  Peter Friedman  •  Xander Berkeley  •  Dean Norris

Nails (1992)

The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Flynn
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Anne Archer  •  Tomas Milian  •  Keith David

The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Flynn
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Anne Archer  •  Tomas Milian  •  Keith David

Live! From Death Row (1992)

Convicted killer Laurence Dvorak grants an exclusive last interview to TV newswoman Alana Powers shortly before his scheduled execution. Urbane and unrepentant, he seems almost mild at first. But Dvorak's real intention is revealed when he takes Powers, her crew ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Sheane Duncan
CAST:  Joanna Cassidy  •  Bruce Davison  •  Art LaFleur  •  Julio Oscar Mechoso

Convicted killer Laurence Dvorak grants an exclusive last interview to TV newswoman Alana Powers shortly before his scheduled execution. Urbane and unrepentant, he seems almost mild at first. But Dvorak's real intention is revealed when he takes Powers, her crew ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Sheane Duncan
CAST:  Joanna Cassidy  •  Bruce Davison  •  Art LaFleur  •  Julio Oscar Mechoso

Star Maps (1997)

Dramatic

Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will be one of his father's boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Arteta
CAST:  Douglas Spain  •  Efrain Figueroa  •  Kandeyce Jorden  •  Martha Velez

Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will be one of his father's boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Arteta
CAST:  Douglas Spain  •  Efrain Figueroa  •  Kandeyce Jorden  •  Martha Velez