Kristi Zea

As Good as It Gets (1997)

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Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James L. Brooks
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Helen Hunt  •  Greg Kinnear  •  Cuba Gooding Jr.

Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James L. Brooks
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Helen Hunt  •  Greg Kinnear  •  Cuba Gooding Jr.

Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray (2016)

This tribute to the dynamic artist Elizabeth Murray, an intrinsic figure in New York's contemporary art landscape from the 1970s until the early 2000s, highlights her struggle to balance personal and family ambition with artistic drive in a male-dominated art world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kristi Zea
CAST:  Meryl Streep

This tribute to the dynamic artist Elizabeth Murray, an intrinsic figure in New York's contemporary art landscape from the 1970s until the early 2000s, highlights her struggle to balance personal and family ambition with artistic drive in a male-dominated art world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kristi Zea
CAST:  Meryl Streep

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001)

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopkins, as well as other members of the cast and crew, giving their views on the experience of creating this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Schwarz
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Jodie Foster  •  Ted Levine  •  Jonathan Demme

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopkins, as well as other members of the cast and crew, giving their views on the experience of creating this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Schwarz
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Jodie Foster  •  Ted Levine  •  Jonathan Demme

Notes from the Field (2018)

A dramatization of the accounts of the students, parents, teachers and administrators caught in America’s school-to-prison pipeline, which pushes underprivileged, minority youth out of the classroom and into incarceration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kristi Zea
CAST:  Anna Deavere Smith

A dramatization of the accounts of the students, parents, teachers and administrators caught in America’s school-to-prison pipeline, which pushes underprivileged, minority youth out of the classroom and into incarceration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kristi Zea
CAST:  Anna Deavere Smith

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)

Three short stories about women & men relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Figgis  •  Walter Bernstein  •  Kristi Zea
CAST:  Kyra Sedgwick  •  Matt Dillon  •  Ray Liotta  •  Andie MacDowell

Three short stories about women & men relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Figgis  •  Walter Bernstein  •  Kristi Zea
CAST:  Kyra Sedgwick  •  Matt Dillon  •  Ray Liotta  •  Andie MacDowell

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2002)

Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts on Bravo Television.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Snyder
CAST:  Peter Gallagher  •  David Hibbard  •  Ted Tally  •  Richard Marek

Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts on Bravo Television.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Snyder
CAST:  Peter Gallagher  •  David Hibbard  •  Ted Tally  •  Richard Marek

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' (2004)

10 years after the release of "Philadelphia," director Jonathan Demme, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and others discuss about the making of that film and it's important legacy through the years of being the first mainstream Hollywood film about dealing with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Schwarz
CAST:  Ron Nyswaner  •  Jonathan Demme  •  Tom Hanks  •  Edward Saxon

10 years after the release of "Philadelphia," director Jonathan Demme, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and others discuss about the making of that film and it's important legacy through the years of being the first mainstream Hollywood film about dealing with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Schwarz
CAST:  Ron Nyswaner  •  Jonathan Demme  •  Tom Hanks  •  Edward Saxon

Notes on an American Film Director at Work (2008)

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, through various locations during the shooting of his film The Departed, released in 2006.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonas Mekas
CAST:  Jonas Mekas  •  Martin Scorsese  •  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Ray Winstone

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, through various locations during the shooting of his film The Departed, released in 2006.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonas Mekas
CAST:  Jonas Mekas  •  Martin Scorsese  •  Leonardo DiCaprio  •  Ray Winstone

Murder by Numbers (2004)

A documentary on serial killer films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Hodges
CAST:  Gary Indiana  •  Brian Cox  •  Amy Taubin  •  John McNaughton

A documentary on serial killer films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Hodges
CAST:  Gary Indiana  •  Brian Cox  •  Amy Taubin  •  John McNaughton