A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do...
A woman on the brink of adulthood has a conversation with a world-weary older man during t...
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes...
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer...
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnecte...
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and pe...
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their re...
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a stri...
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his...
More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock jour...