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  • Under the Tuscan Sun picture
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    Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

    Devastated by her philandering husband, a successful woman (Diane Lane) moves to Italy, buys a villa...

  • The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit picture
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    The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)

    A World War II veteran (Gregory Peck) can either rise on Madison Avenue or be with his wife...

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    Julia (1977)

    Playwright Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) recalls World War II, her best friend (Vanessa Redgrave) and...

  • Some Came Running picture
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    Some Came Running (1958)

    An ex-GI writer (Frank Sinatra) hangs out with a gambler (Dean Martin) and a floozy (Shirley...

  • Chelsea Walls picture
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    Chelsea Walls (2002)

    A writer, a painter, two poets and a pair of musicians deal with their careers and romance at a New...

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    Seeing Other People (2004)

    Before their wedding, a television producer/writer (Jay Mohr) and his fiancee (Lauren Graham) allow...

  • The Last Time I Saw Paris picture
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    The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

    Sudden money ruins a struggling writer (Van Johnson) and his wife (Elizabeth Taylor) in post-World...

  • Bell, Book and Candle picture
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    Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

    A witch's (Kim Novak) warlock brother (Jack Lemmon) helps a San Francisco publisher (James Stewart)...

  • The Death Kiss picture
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    The Death Kiss (1933)

    A Hollywood studio manager (Bela Lugosi) and writer (David Manners) join the plot of an actor shot...

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    The Hoax (2007)

    Clifford Irving (Richard Gere) nearly pulls off a huge media scam when he writes a fake biography of...

  • The Source picture
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    The Source (1999)

    Filmmaker Chuck Workman charts the achievements of Beat notables Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg,...

  • Cherry Blossoms picture
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    Cherry Blossoms

    A biography of Chinese writer Yuk Tak-fu.

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    Roman De Gare (2008)

    A popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.

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    Her Winning Way

    The Edgar Jepson novel, Ann Annington, was first made into a play, Ann, and then developed as a...

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    Old Acquaintance (1943)

    Two best friends from girlhood clash over the years as serious writer (Bette Davis) and racy...

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    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    This documentary on Sam Fuller mixes interviews with Fuller and with other directors who have been...

  • The Fourth Man picture
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    The Fourth Man (1984)

    Gerard Reve is a famous writer and a homosexual with a vivid imagination. He is obsessed with...

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    The Waterdance (1992)

    Paralyzed by a hiking accident, a young writer (Eric Stoltz) struggles to adjust among other men in...

  • Where Sleeping Dogs Lie picture
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    Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1992)

    A murder mystery writer misreads the nervous man he bullies in a spooky Hollywood mansion.

  • Who Do I Gotta Kill? picture
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    Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994)

    A klutzy writer (James Lorinz) turns hit man for a story, thanks to his mobster uncle (Tony Darrow)...

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    No Maps for These Territories

    "There's nothing stable, nothing static, nothing to stand on, nothing to cling to. There are no maps...

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    Smoke (1995)

    The manager (Harvey Keitel) of a Brooklyn cigar shop and his customers are featured in five...

  • American Dreamer picture
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    American Dreamer (1984)

    An Ohio housewife/mystery writer (JoBeth Williams) wins a trip to Paris, where a bump on the head...

  • La Invitacion picture
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    La Invitacion

    The owner of a failing art gallery tries to boost business by encouraging a painter to show his...

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    Deeply

    A teenager (Julia Brendler) befriends an eccentric novelist (Lynn Redgrave) writing a story about a...

  • Snake Island picture
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    Snake Island

    A group of people (William Katt, Wayne Crawford) must survive on a remote island crawling with...

  • Caterina in the Big City picture
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    Caterina in the Big City (2005)

    A 15-year-old provincial girl moves to Rome and finds her new tony private school is a microcosm of...

  • Requiem picture
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    Requiem (1998)

    A writer, on the hottest day in August, waits for an appointment with a ghost; all the while, he...

  • The Moderns picture
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    The Moderns (1988)

    An art dealer (John Lone), his wife (Linda Fiorentino) and a U.S. artist (Keith Carradine) mix with...

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    Me Myself I (2000)

    A depressed woman (Rachel Griffiths) meets her double who has the life she always wanted, but the...