Dinner Rush

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 1 Sept 2000 · English

One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.

Frances Ha

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 17 May 2013 · English

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

Sweet and Lowdown

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 3 Dec 1999 · English

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Carnage

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 16 Sept 2011 · English

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

Synecdoche, New York

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 24 Oct 2008 · English

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Starving in Suburbia

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 26 Apr 2014 · English

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?

Ana

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 3 Jan 2020 · English

Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.

What Maisie Knew

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 2 May 2013 · English

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

My Own Love Song

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 7 Apr 2010 · English

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Grey Gardens

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 21 Jun 2009 · English

Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, "Grey Gardens." As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality.

Changing Lanes

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 7 Apr 2002 · English

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.

Winged Creatures

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 8 Jul 2009 · English

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.