Directed by Peyton Reed • 2003 • United States
Starring Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce
A playfully postmodern take on the Doris Day/Rock Hudson sex comedy, this giddily inventive update delights in the midcentury style and clothes while offering a fresh perspective on the genre’s battle-of-the-sexes premise. In 1962, author Barbara Novak (Renée Zellweger) has made a cultural splash with her new book, “Down with Love,” which encourages women to forgo conventional relationships and freely pursue sex and pleasure. Unnerved by Barbara’s ideas, suave, womanizing journalist Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor) concocts a plan to make her fall for him.
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Arthur
Directed by Steve Gordon • 1981 • United States
Starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John GielgudDudley Moore delights as the world’s richest and most lovable drunk in this giddy, bubbly modern screwball. He stars as Arthur, a spoiled, perpetually soused New York City millionaire whose family ...
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Raising Victor Vargas
Directed by Peter Sollett • 2002 • United States
Starring Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte, Melonie DiazVividly set amid New York City’s Dominican community, this warm, naturalistic slice-of-life is one of the brightest gems of early-2000s American independent cinema. Growing up on the Lower East Side,...
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Moonstruck
Directed by Norman Jewison • 1987 • United States
Starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent GardeniaA full moon, a New York City night, and love and music in the air . . . One of the most enchanting romantic comedies of all time assembles a flawless ensemble cast for a tender and boisterously funny ...
