The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)

2009

Pippa Lee feels dislocated when she and her husband Herb move from Manhattan to a suburban retirement community. He’s older than she, they have two children who are young adults, and the daughter hardly speaks to Pippa. Pippa tells us about her life, in long flashbacks, starting with her birth to a mom who was a social dynamo and addicted to pills. As a teen, Pippa moves out and lives a hippie life until meeting […]

Short Cuts (1993)

1993

“Okay Ralph, you wanna know what happened? He kissed me, and I kissed him back. And then we did it right there in the car. He fucked me right there in the car. But he didn’t come in me, Ralph, I swear to God. “ – part of wife’s confession to her husband

Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

1997

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams’ rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the […]

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

1999

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix’s obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed. As the investigation progresses, Bendrix relives his passionate memories of their affair during The Blitz in London. He discovers her diary and reads her account of the […]

Chloe

Chloe

2009

Julianne Moore is Catherine, a successful doctor who suspects her handsome husband David is cheating on her. To silence or answer her suspicions once and for all Catherine hires an irresistible and alluring young woman, Chloe (Amanda Seyfried), to put David’s fidelity to the test. Chloe’s seductive behavior begins to obsess Catherine. Events take an unpredictable turn with potentially fatal consequences for her family.

Crazy, Stupid, Love

2011

Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal’s seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit […]