Actress Drea de Matteo (1972)

Dark Places (2015) is an American mystery film written and directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, based on Gillian Flynn’s 2009 novel of the same name. It tells the story of 8-year old Libby Day, who was the lone survivor of her family’s brutal murder in rural Kinnakee, Kansas in 1985. When questioned by the police, Libby blames her teenage brother, Ben, for the crime. Now an adult struggling financially due to a decrease in donations from strangers who once sympathized with ‘the little girl on the news’, Libby is approached by Lyle Wirth to speak at ...

The American romantic comedy-drama anthology film, New York, I Love You (2008), showcases 11 short films directed by different filmmakers. Each of the shorts explores the theme of love and is set in one of the five boroughs of New York City. It first premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival in September and was later released in the United States on October 16, 2009. However, during a focus screening in New York, it was decided to cut two novellas from the original version: These Vagabond Shoes by Scarlett Johansson and Apocrypha by Andrei ...

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), a 2005 action thriller directed by Jean-François Richet and starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne, follows Detroit Police Department Sergeant Jake Roenick in the aftermath of a failed sting operation. Struggling with substance abuse, he clings to his mundane position as desk sergeant at Precinct 13, which is set to close down. On New Year’s Eve, Roenick, along with officer Jasper O’Shea and secretary Iris Ferry, are left to cover the shift. When psychiatrist Alexandra Sabian ...

Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) is a popular American television series, created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on ABC from 2004 to 2012, totaling 180 episodes. The show was led by executive producer Marc Cherry, who also served as showrunner. Set on Wisteria Lane in the fictional town of Fairview, the series follows a group of women through the eyes of their neighbor, who takes her own life in the pilot episode. Spanning fifteen years over eight seasons (specifically from 2004-2008, with some scenes set in ...

‘R Xmas (2001) is an American crime film directed by Abel Ferrara. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The movie opens with the following disclaimer: ‘In December of 1993 the Honorable David Dinkins was completing his first and only term as Mayor of New York’. An unnamed Latin-American married couple outwardly live a lavish lifestyle – sending their daughter to an elite private school, residing in a high-rise building with doormen. However, their source of income involves commuting to a dreary apartment in Flushing where they package and sell heroin ...