|
The Rising Place (2001)
Character: Will Bacon
The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social injustice and world war.
|
|
|
|
|
Just Like the Son (2006)
Character: Daniel
A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his sister's house in Texas.
|
|
|
Winter Solstice (2004)
Character: Pete Winters
A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.
|
|
|
|
|
Bomb the System (2002)
Character: Anthony "Blest" Campo
Anthony ‘Blest’ (Mark Webber) is one of the most talented and notorious graffiti artists in New York City. Despite the tragic loss of his older brother during a nightly 'bombing' foray with a graffiti crew, Anthony has the same insatiable addiction. With the other members of his ‘crew,’ Anthony parties, shoplifts spray-paint and 'tags' virgin walls with his signature 'Blest.' He does his best to avoid run-ins with the cops and hostile rival crews, but he can’t avoid the pressure from his mother to attend college, and from his girlfriend to leave New York with her. As tensions rise, a physical threat from the cops causes the crew to intensify their bombing excursions, calling an all out war on the city. When the inevitable confrontation happens, a tragedy results that pushes Anthony to make a decision that has even darker consequences.
|
|
|
Welcome to Willits: After Sundown (2013)
Character: Brock
Deep in the woods outside the Northern California town of Willits lies a remote cabin. Here Brock waits impatiently for his friend to complete a drug deal, urging him to get there before dark, for his own safety. As night draws closer, he grows more desperate, fearing a repeat attack from alien abductors.
|
|
|
The Memory Thief (2007)
Character: Lukas
A Los Angeles tollbooth clerk becomes obsessed with the Holocaust after meeting a survivor.
|
|
|
Whiteboyz (1999)
Character: Trevor
In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and Trevor. He talks Black slang, he dresses Black. He's also a wannabe pusher, selling flour as cocaine. And while he talks about "keeping it real," he hardly notices real life around him: his father's been laid off, his mother uses Food Stamps, his girlfriend is pregnant, James may be psychotic, one of his friends (one of the town's few Black kids) is preparing for college, and, on a trip to Chicago to try to buy drugs, the cops shoot real bullets. What will it take for Flip to get real?
|
|
|
Gift of the Magi (2010)
Character: Jim Alexander
A newlywed couple burdened with economic hardship decides not to exchange Christmas presents to save money over the holidays. Secretly, they make sacrifices to buy the other a special gift.
|
|
|
Blocks (2020)
Character: N/A
An existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit plastic toy blocks.
|
|
|
The Ever After (2015)
Character: Thomas
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her acting career on hold to play the mother and good wife, while Thomas' job as a fashion photographer puts him in dangerously tempting situations. When trauma strikes, they must confront their innermost vulnerabilities to recover their disintegrating marriage.
|
|
|
13 Sins (2014)
Character: Elliot Brindle
Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden-camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
|
|
|
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Character: Stephen Stills
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
|
|
|
Antibirth (2016)
Character: Gabriel
In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread.
|
|
|
Storytelling (2001)
Character: Scooby Livingston
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
|
|
|
Hollywood Ending (2002)
Character: Tony Waxman
Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two-time Oscar winner turned washed-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. When it comes, Waxman finds himself backed into a corner: Work for his ex-wife Ellie or forfeit his last shot. Is Val blinded by love when he opts for the reconnect? Is love blind when it comes to Ellie's staunch support? Literally and figuratively, the proof is the picture.
|
|
|
Laggies (2014)
Character: Anthony
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.
|
|
|
Boiler Room (2000)
Character: Kid
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
|
|
|
Spivak (2018)
Character: Jesse Mueller
A self-loathing, failed Eastside novelist living in the ‘hipster’ neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles is shocked to find himself falling in love with everything he hates, including a simple All-American blonde girl from the Westside.
|
|
|
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
Character: Mike
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
|
|
|
Good Dick (2008)
Character: Derek
A fidgety, wisecracking video store clerk develops a fixation on a particularly reclusive customer, a frequent visitor to the pornography section of Cinefile, the video store where he works in Los Angeles. After multiple failures to impress her during their brief daily transactions, he finds her street address in the store's database, drives to her apartment building and initiates an unconventional campaign to win her affections.
|
|
|
Trigger Warning (2024)
Character: Jesse Swann
A Special Forces commando uncovers a dangerous conspiracy when she returns to her hometown looking for answers into her beloved father's death.
|
|
|
|
|
The Good Life (2007)
Character: Jason Prayer
A movie about the travails of Jason (Mark Webber), a young gas station attendant and movie projectionist living in Nebraska. His encounters with various social difficulties and with Frances (Zooey Deschanel), a beautiful and enigmatic young woman leads to dramatic changes and decisions in his life.
|
|
|
Flesh and Blood (2017)
Character: N/A
Mixing fiction and reality, filmmaker Mark Webber tells the story of a man who returns home from prison and attempts to rebuild his life in his impoverished Philadelphia neighborhood.
|
|
|
Dear Wendy (2005)
Character: Stevie
In a blue-collar American town, a group of teens bands together to form the Dandies, a gang of gunslingers led by Dick Dandelion. Following a code of strict pacifism at odds with the fact that they all carry guns, the group eventually lets in Sebastian, the grandson of Dick's childhood nanny, Clarabelle, who fears the other gangs in the area. Dick and company try to protect Clarabelle, but events transpire that push the gang past posturing.
|
|
|
Goodbye World (2013)
Character: Benji
When a mysterious cyber-attack cripples civilization, a group of old college friends and lovers retreat to a remote country cabin, where they must cope with an uncertain future while navigating the minefield of their shared past.
|
|
|
Clover (2020)
Character: Jackie
Brothers Jackie and Mickey along with a teen witness Clover find themselves on the run from the city’s most notorious crime boss.
|
|
|
Chelsea Walls (2001)
Character: Val
This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.
|
|
|
The Laramie Project (2002)
Character: Aaron McKinney
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year period. The film adaptation dramatizes the troupe's visit, using the actual words from the transcripts to create a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.
|
|
|
Weapons (2007)
Character: Sean
Weapons presents a series of brutal, seemingly random youth-related killings over the course of a weekend in a typical small town in America, and tragically reveals how they are all interrelated.
|
|
|
Animal Factory (2000)
Character: Tank
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
|
|
|
Snow Day (2000)
Character: Hal Brandston
When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.
|
|
|
The Hottest State (2006)
Character: William Harding
A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
|
|
|
For a Good Time, Call... (2012)
Character: Sean
College "frenemies" Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie's late grandmother's apartment in New York City, the girls bicker with each other until one fateful night, when Katie's noisy bedroom activities make Lauren barge in and discover a dirty little secret. This revelation brings them closer together, and Lauren (the brains) and Katie (the talent) concoct a wildly successful business venture. As profits swell, the girls reevaluate their hopes and dreams and realize that just because someone pees in your hair in college doesn't mean she won't be your best friend 10 years later.
|
|
|
Jessabelle (2014)
Character: Preston
A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
|
|
|
Green Room (2016)
Character: Daniel
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.
|
|
|
Shrink (2009)
Character: Jeremy
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
|
|
|
Uncanny (2015)
Character: David Kressen
For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds herself increasingly entangled in a web of deception where no one’s motives are easily decipherable.
|
|
|
Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)
Character: Ridley
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
|
|
|
The End of Love (2013)
Character: Mark
Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance as Mark grapples with his ability to grow up. When he meets Lydia, a young mother, he is no longer able to live in the comfort of denial.
|
|
|
Happy Christmas (2014)
Character: Kevin
After a breakup with her boyfriend, a young woman moves in with her older brother, his wife, and their 2-year-old son.
|
|
|
Jesus' Son (2000)
Character: Jack Hotel
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
|
|
|
Save the Date (2012)
Character: Jonathan
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her.
|
|
|
Explicit Ills (2008)
Character: Picket Crowd Member
The film follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia
|
|
|
Inheritance (2017)
Character: Ben
A woman learns her estranged father has passed away. She returns with her boyfriend to her childhood home of Belize, where she is reunited with her brother, and must face her past while fighting for intimacy in the present.
|
|
|
Broken Flowers (2005)
Character: The Kid
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.
|
|
|
The Scent of Rain & Lightning (2018)
Character: Chase
When a young woman learns her parents' killer has been released from jail, she is forced to revisit old wounds while discovering the destructive power of hate and the true cost of family secrets fully revealing themselves.
|
|
|
Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Character: David Ednasi
Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial celebration, Nicole and Chase find that the one they always wanted was closer than they ever thought.
|
|
|
The Lie (2011)
Character: Tank
A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.
|
|
|
People I Know (2002)
Character: Ross
A New York press agent must scramble when his major client becomes embroiled in a huge scandal.
|
|
