Half Nelson (2006) RT 90% / Audience 83%

DVD release: Apr 2007

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will ...  (more)

GENRES: Drama

DIRECTION:  Ryan Fleck

CAST:  Ryan Gosling  •  Jeff Lima  •  Shareeka Epps  •  Nathan Corbett

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Yelling to the Sky (2011) RT 40% / Audience 45%

DVD release: Feb 2013

As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain.  (more)

GENRES: Drama

DIRECTION:  Victoria Mahoney

CAST:  Jason Clarke  •  Zoë Kravitz  •  Tim Blake Nelson  •  Antonique Smith

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American Milkshake (2013) RT Audience 42%

In mid-1990s America, we follow the tragic sex life of Jolie Jolson, a wannabe thug (and great-great-grandson of legendary vaudevillian Al Jolson) in suburban Washington as he ...  (more)

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DIRECTION:  David Andalman

CAST:  Tyler Ross  •  Shareeka Epps  •  Georgia Ford  •  Eshan Bay

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Gowanus, Brooklyn (2004)

A young girl investigates her curious teacher's life.  (more)

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DIRECTION:  Ryan Fleck

CAST:  Shareeka Epps  •  Matt Kerr  •  Karen Chilton

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Mother and Child (2009) RT 78% / Audience 76%

DVD release: Dec 2010

The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an ...  (more)

GENRES: Drama • Romance

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo García

CAST:  Naomi Watts  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Annette Bening  •  Carla Gallo

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The Winning Season (2009) RT 52% / Audience 54%

DVD release: Nov 2010

A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team  (more)

GENRES: Comedy

DIRECTION:  James C. Strouse

CAST:  Sam Rockwell  •  Shareeka Epps  •  Emily Rios  •  Rooney Mara

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Neal Cassady (2007)

The story of what happened to Neal Cassady after Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" came out. Deals primarily with Neal's relationship to his fictional alter-ego, Dean Moriarty.  (more)

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DIRECTION:  Noah Buschel

CAST:  Tate Donovan  •  Amy Ryan  •  Glenn Fitzgerald  •  Chris Bauer

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Brett Gelman's Dinner in America (2016)

Brett Gelman invites four African-American panelists to discuss racism in the United States.  (more)

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DIRECTION:  Jason Woliner

CAST:  Brett Gelman  •  Joe Morton  •  Shareeka Epps  •  Lance Reddick

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