Cynthia Nixon
43) The babysitters
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A young girl starts an escort service to help pay for college when she finds that she makes more money having sex with the fathers than babysitting for them.
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A variety of work from one of the most quotable of all twentieth-century authors—the inimitable Dorothy Parker
Author, poet, screenwriter and outstanding member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was known for her quick wit, keen observations, and remarkable insight into the human condition. Regarded as brilliant, but known to be an alcoholic and often depressed, Parker's work pushes all buttons at once: humor, anger,
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You're more likely to go to prison in the USA than any other country in the world. THE SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PRISON explores the current state of the US prison system, focusing on the experiences of two wrongly convicted men, Reggie Cole and Bruce Lisker. Featuring gripping commentary from former and current inmates, officials, attorneys and celebrity activists including Danny Glover, Macklemore, Deepak Chopra, RZA, Busta Rhymes, Quincy Jones, Tom Morello,...
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A thirty-something sex columnist and her three single friends examine relationships and sexual roles in New York City.
"Just when Carrie is gettting used to the Big void, love takes an unexpected turn, or two. Charlotte kisses a lot of frogs in search of her prince, Samantha's hobby rubs high society the wrong way, and Miranda meets her match"--Container.
52) A quiet passion
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Cynthia Nixon delivers a triumphant performance as Emily Dickinson as she personifies the wit, intellectual independence and pathos of the poet whose genius only came to be recognized after her death. Acclaimed British director Terence Davies (*House of Mirth, The Deep Blue Sea*) exquisitely evokes Dickinson’s deep attachment to her close knit family along with the manners, mores and spiritual convictions of her time that she struggled with and...
53) 5 flights up
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A married couple's attempts at selling their New York apartment don't quite go as planned over the course of one crazy weekend.
54) Lymelife
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Based on the true childhood experiences of director Derick Martini, Lymelife is the coming of age story of 15-year old Scott growing up in suburban Long Island. While caught up in his first love, Scott watches the relationships of his parents and their neighbors slowly crumble as they try to keep up with the changing times and expectations of the 1970s. Critically acclaimed, Lymelife features a magnificent ensemble cast, with incredible performances...
55) One Last Thing
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A young man with a terminal illness makes an unconventional request on local television.
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This collection of stories presents characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies. We meet a failed poet who, envious of other people's wealth during the real-estate bubble, becomes an embezzler; a clavichordist whose dreams of art founder under the obligations of marriage and fatherhood; a sexually confused college freshman whose encounter with a stranger on a train leads to a revelation about his past and his future; and a high school...
59) I am the cheese
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Adam Farmer is 14 and seeks to uncover a secret lost in his subconscious that will help him to locate his parents, who mysteriously disappeared. Adam pieces together fragments of the story that uncovers government corruption and espionage.