Peter (Producer) Newman
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In his third feature, director Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha) scores a triumph with an autobiographical coming-of-age story about a teenager (Jesse Eisenberg) whose parents are divorcing. The father (Jeff Daniels) and mother (Laura Linney) duke it out in half-civilized, half-savage fashion, while their two sons adapt in different ways, shifting allegiances between parents. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for...
Series
Publisher
Milestone Film and Video
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Nancy Savoca's star-studded indie gem Household Saints is a chronicle of a spirited Italian American New York family that perfectly balances humor, tragedy, and pathos. Joseph Santangelo is a butcher with a wicked sense of humor who 'wins' his wife Catherine in a pinochle game. Over the protests of his mother who talks to ghosts and makes deals with saints, Joseph marries Catherine. When the old lady dies, her spirit is channeled into her granddaughter...
Series
Criterion collection volume 845
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Two young brothers growing up in 1980s Park Slope, Brooklyn navigate the jagged contours of the divorce of their parents.