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    The Swinger (1966)

    An aspiring writer (Ann-Margret) makes her life sound wild to impress the editor (Tony Franciosa)...

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    Insomnia (Warner Bros) (2002)

    A Los Angeles detective (Al Pacino) plays a cat-and-mouse game with a murder suspect (Robin...

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    Harry & Son (1984)

    An out-of-work hard hat (Paul Newman) clashes with his surfer son (Robby Benson), a would-be writer...

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    How to Lose Your Lover (2004)

    A writer (Paul Schneider) pursues an accelerated courtship with a woman (Jennifer Westfeldt) he met...

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    Starting Out in the Evening (2007)

    A complex but invigorating relationship forms between an aging novelist (Frank Langella) and a...

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    Dedication (2007)

    A children's book author (Billy Crudup) has a nasty streak that alienates his new illustrator (Mandy...

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    Mr. Woodcock (2007)

    A young author (Seann William Scott) learns that his mother (Susan Sarandon) is marrying his former...

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    2046 (2005)

    In 1960s Hong Kong, a writer (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) has affairs with three women over the years in a...

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    Sophie's Choice (1982)

    A Southern writer (Peter MacNicol) lives in Brooklyn with an Auschwitz survivor (Meryl Streep) and...

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    The Thing About My Folks (2005)

    A man (Paul Reiser) takes his father (Peter Falk) on a road trip while his sisters try to find their...

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    The United States of Leland (2004)

    A teacher (Don Cheadle) at a juvenile correctional facility tries to determine what drove a teen...

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    Puccini for Beginners (2007)

    An opera-loving writer (Elizabeth Reaser) gets caught up in a bisexual love triangle with a...

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    Now and Then (1995)

    A modern-day reunion frames this account of the friendship shared by four girls during the summer of...

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    Fall (1997)

    A poetry-spouting New York cabby (Eric Schaeffer) and a married supermodel (Amanda De Cadenet)...

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    A Girl Cut in Two (2008)

    A TV weather girl (Ludivine Sagnier) is caught in the middle when a spoiled playboy (Benoît Magimel)...

  • The Life of Emile Zola picture
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    The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

    The 1800s French novelist (Paul Muni) defends Capt. Alfred Dreyfus (Joseph Schildkraut) against...

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    Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

    A jealous woman (Gene Tierney) kills people to keep her writer husband (Cornel Wilde) to herself.

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    Enlighten Up! (2008)

    Filmmaker Kate Churchill is determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. Nick Rosen is...

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    Winter Passing (2006)

    A dour actress (Zooey Deschanel) leaves New York to visit her father (Ed Harris), a washed-up...

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    Iris (2001)

    Novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (Judi Dench, Kate Winslet) falls in love with an Oxford don...

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    Quills (2000)

    A doctor and a priest (Joaquin Phoenix) clash over the appropriate treatment for the Marquis de Sade...

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    Basic Instinct (1992)

    An erotic writer (Sharon Stone) toys with a San Francisco detective (Michael Douglas) who thinks she...

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    Manhattan (1979)

    A divorced TV writer (Woody Allen) with a teenage girlfriend (Mariel Hemingway) falls in love with...

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    Factotum (2006)

    A writer (Matt Dillon) drifts through a series of dead-end jobs in an attempt to fuel his passions...

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    Looking for Cheyenne (2007)

    Former lovers (Mila Dekker, Aurélia Petit) still desire each other but lead different lifestyles;...

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    Moulin Rouge (2001)

    In 1890s France a courtesan (Nicole Kidman) falls in love with a young writer (Ewan McGregor) but...

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    Beat

    William S. Burroughs and his wife Joan (Courtney Love) live wildly, as do friends Allen Ginsberg...

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    Russian Dolls (2006)

    A struggling writer (Romain Duris) becomes involved with two women while juggling assignments in...

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    Miami Rhapsody (1995)

    An heiress (Sarah Jessica Parker) to adultery has second thoughts about her future with her...

  • Don't Tell Her It's Me picture
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    Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)

    An unlucky cartoonist (Steve Guttenberg) wows a writer (Jami Gertz) after his romance-novelist...