Nick Sandow

Orange Is the New Black

Taylor Schilling, Natasha Lyonne

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher

Bruno de Almeida

Bobby Cassidy, Bobby Cassidy Jr.

A deeply human portrait of a boxer with the heart of a lion who refused to give up, in and outside of the ring. This documentary follows the fighter's life from a child who was taught how to hate, to a father who learned how to love.

Ponies

Nick Sandow

John Ventimiglia, Kevin Corrigan

Based on the acclaimed play that the Independent of London hailed as "a bracingly uncensored exploration of the tensions and treacheries in a beleaguered male subculture", PONIES is about three men in a treacherous subset of society, and uses the gambling parlor as a backdrop for a provocative modern morality tale. Ultimately, these men-immigrants, Americans, human beings-are forced to protect from one another their most valuable commodity: the right to stay on American soil.

The Collection

Bruno de Almeida

John Ventimiglia, Anthony Zaccaro

A feature film comprised of 24 short stories THE COLLECTION was made by filmmaker Bruno de Almeida and a group of new york city actors and writers from May 2001 to December 2005 under a project called the DV Workshop. Shot with a digital camera and edited on a home computer these films were shown on this website as they were being made, as a work in progress. The project came to it's conclusion on December 2005 with screenings in New York City and Lisbon.

Return to Paradise

Joseph Ruben

Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

Deal Travis In

Kim Garland

Nick Sandow, Chris Kipiniak

A man trying to make his peace with the mysterious death of his daughter is offered the answers he's seeking, but at the cost of his freedom and another woman's life.

Patti Cake$

Geremy Jasper

Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett

Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.

Resurrecting the Champ

Rod Lurie

Сэмюэл Леброн Джексон, Josh Hartnett

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Houses

Jenner Furst

Nick Sandow, John Ventimiglia

A director fumbles through a self-inspired play in an attempt to reclaim his creative integrity.

Living Out Loud

Richard LaGravenese

Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito

Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor, has been having an affair with a younger woman. Judith stews, plans, plots and fantasizes, but she can't decide what to do with her life until she goes out to a night club to see singer Liz Bailey, who is full of advice on life and love. While out on the town, Judith is suddenly kissed by a total stranger, which opens her eyes to new possibilities... which is when she notices Pat, the elevator operator in her building.

Seven and a Match

Derek Simonds

Eion Bailey, Heather Donahue

Seven college friends re-unite in the house where they used to spend summers. Some things have changed, some have stayed the same.

All Roads Lead

Peter Bolte

Nick Sandow, Yolonda Ross

Stella's Last Weekend

Polly Draper

Nat Wolff, Alex Wolff

Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.

Connie and Carla

Michael Lembeck

Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette

After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... as drag queens. Now, it's not enough that they become big hits on the scene; things get extra-weird when Connie meets Jeff -- a guy she'd like to be a woman with

Dust

Milcho Manchevski

Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham

Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the religious Elijah taking up sides with the Ottoman sultan and gunslinger Luke joining "the Teacher" , a Macedonian rebel.

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

Edward Burns

Kerry Bishé, Edward Burns

The siblings of the Fitzgerald family must decide if the dad who abandoned them 20 years ago can come home for Christmas. Can the big Irish clan get past their grievances to be a family again?