A Real Pain

Anora (2024) follows a Brooklyn sex worker whose impulsive marriage to a Russian oligarch's son sets off a chaotic fight for her future. Oscar Best Picture winner. Stream it on Hulu.

Nicole Kidman gives a raw, career-best performance as a powerful CEO drawn into a dangerous affair in Halina Reijn's provocative and unflinching erotic thriller. Streaming on Max.

Tár is a 2022 psychological drama film written and directed by Todd Field, starring Cate Blanchett in a towering performance as Lydia Tár, a world-renowned conductor whose carefully constructed life begins to collapse as allegations from her past resurface.

La La Land (2016) is Damien Chazelle's Oscar-winning musical romance starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as two dreamers navigating love and ambition in Los Angeles.

When Jimmy, a 45 year old "roadie" who has been with the Blue Oyster Cult, an 80's hair band is cast off by the band, he returns to his home town and to see his mother. Jimmy has not seen his mother since he was back to attend his father's funeral. Now he hopes to live with his mother in the very house and neighborhood he grew up in. But much has changed while he's been away, especially the neighborhood (Forest Hills, Queens in New York) which is now considered somewhat of a slum. It's difficult and sometimes even impossible to go back home again and Jimmy finds his old stomping grounds have gone to seed while he was away for all those years when old buddies take him on a tour.immy testagross is played by Ron Eldard (House of Sand and Fog, ER), Bobby Cannavale (Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Fast Food Nation) is Bobby, Nikki Stevens is played by Jill Hennessey (Crossing Jordan, Wild Hogs), Jimmy's Mom is played by Lois Smith (True Blood, Desperate Housewives), and Don Miller is portrayed by David Margulies (The Sopranos, Canterbury's Law).

Liam Neeson stars in Unknown movie, an action thriller focused on a tale of mistaken identity and sinister intrigue. Horror film parvenu Jaume Collet-Sera directed Unknown movie, this time working to develop suspense rather than terror. Neeson plays Dr. Martin Harris, who comes back into consciousness after a Berlin traffic accident, discovering his wife no longer recognizes him, and a mystery man apparently has purloined his identity. Among the unknowns in the movie's pre-release buzz: what it is about Dr. Harris that makes his identity so valuable. Whatever his exceptional value, assassins stalk the genuine Dr. Harris while authorities refuse to believe or assist him. Naturally, Dr. Harris grows more desperate as he discovers just how completely alone and bereft of resources or plans he really us. "Aided by an unlikely ally," as the studio says, Dr. Harris intrepidly digs into the mystery, sometimes questioning his sanity, and frequently testing the limits of his endurance and conscience. January Jones of "MadMen" fame plays his wife; Diane Kruger plays "the taxi driver."