Susan Seidelman
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"The funny and insightful first-person story of the trailblazing movie director of the 80s and 90s whose fearless punk drama, "Smithereens" became the first American indie film to compete at Cannes, and smash hit "Desperately Seeking Susan" led to a four-decade career in film. Starting out in the mid-70s, a time when few women were directing movies, Susan was determined to become a filmmaker. She longed to tell stories about the unrepresented characters...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
A bored New Jersey housewife who fantasizes about the ads in the personal section of the newspaper want ads shows up at a rendezvous between two lovers. She gets bumped on the head, which leads to a case of amnesia and opens the door to intrigue and love.
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
2013
Description
This group of middle-aged former basketball champs couldn't be further from good playing form. Age, menopause, family problems, and bad habits have left them apathetic and out of shape. But in honor of a good friend that died of breast cancer, these spirited ladies find the motivation to challenge the local high school team to a series of fundraising games. Ignoring the derision and snide remarks of the younger generation (as well as many of their...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Lois, Harry, Marilyn, Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find the emotional support needed after lossing a loved one. New love and romance do not end before retirement, but can bloom long after. These five do not see themselves as becoming old, and these residents of Boynton Beach aren't about to start. Sometimes we all need...
7) Smithereens
Series
Criterion collection volume 941
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren, a sparkplug in fishnets who lives dangerously downtown, moves to the city with the mission of becoming famous. When not pasting up flyers for herself or hanging at the Peppermint Lounge, she is getting involved with Paul, the nicest guy to ever live in a van next to the highway, and Eric, an aloof rocker.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Bored New Jersey housewife Roberta fills her days by reading the personals and following an ongoing romance between Jim and Susan, mysterious drifters who appear to lead the kind of free-spirited life she can only dream about. And dream she does, until the day she actually shows up at the couple's pre-arranged rendezvous in New York City. After a bump on the head, a bout of amnesia turns Roberta into Susan.
10) Making Mr. Right
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], ©2003
Description
Dr. Jeff Peters is a clumsy, cranky genius who creates a life-like robot Ulysses. Peters hires Frankie Stone to socialize the machine.
12) Musical Chairs
Author
Description
When, Mia, a dance teacher, lands in the hospital after an accident, Armando, a would-be dancer who admires her from afar, persuades her to train for an upcoming wheelchair ballroom dancing contest.
Author
Description
Jack (Len Cariou) married his high school sweetheart when they were still in their teens, and when she dies in her early sixties, he is emotionally devastated. Jack's friends and family insist he needs to start living again, and he begins attending a support group for bereaved senior citizens. A romantic comedy about our amazing capacity to rebound and fall in love at any age.