For Pete, settling down with a wife and son meant giving up his unstable musical career to work for a third-rate supermarket chain.
- Cast: Parker Posey, Eric Mabius, Annie Parisse
Category Archives: Comedy
The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6ème étage) (2010)
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Writers: Philippe Le Guay, Jérôme Tonnerre
Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain and Natalia Verbeke
104 min – Comedy
In 1960s Paris, a conservative couple’s lives are turned upside down by two Spanish maids.
My Piece of the Pie (2011)
Ma part du gâteau
France: 109 min
After losing her job at a local factory, a single mother enrolls in a housekeeper training program, soon landing work cleaning the Paris apartment of handsome but cocky power broker, who happens to be the same one responsible for the layoffs at her factory.
Director: Cédric Klapisch
Writer: Cédric Klapisch (scenario)
Stars: Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche and Audrey Lamy | See full cast and crew
American Karoshi
14m; U.S.
Director: Alex Willemin
Cast: John Iovino, Cyril Serrao and Drew Daly
Synopsis (IMDB): After being fired from his job, Lee is given a second chance by his boss and CEO of the company, Scott Anderson III. Unfortunately, instead of filling out forms, Lee must save Scott’s life.
Trailer
Available here: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi1264557337/
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
Synopsis: 1959 film comprising three silent movies made by Charlie Chaplin. The three shorts included are A Dog’s Life, Shoulder Arms and The Pilgrim. All three star Chaplin’s trademark character, The Tramp. For the 1959 release, Chaplin added a soundtrack to help appeal to modern audiences. Chaplin also added extra footage including clips from World War I to express the context. He provides a personal introduction to each of the clips. Current releases of the compilation on DVD also feature other Chaplin films produced with First National such as Sunnyside and The Bond. Introductions by David Robinson, and behind-the-scenes footage are also included.
The Doorman
80m; U.S.
Director: Wayne Price
Cast: Mevlut Akkaya, Lucas Akoskin and Alex Aldi
Synopsis (IMDB): New York City’s most famous and powerful nightclub gatekeeper, Trevor W., has somehow managed to lose his job at the door – but can’t shake the documentary film crew following him. Trevor will play tour guide on his awkward journey down to earth as he comes to terms with his ego, identity and career options
The Informant (2009)
108m; U.S.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Matt Damon, Tony Hale and Patton Oswalt
Synopsis: “The Informant” is a true story that parallels a mixture of “A Beautiful Mind” and “The Insider” — where real life Ph.D.s had done something extraordinary. Based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 book, “The Informant” is the tale of Mark Whitacre (played by Matt Damon), an Ivy League Ph.D. who was a rising star at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in the early 1990s. The bipolar hero wound up blowing the whistle on the company’s price fixing tactics and became the highest-ranked executive to ever turn whistleblower in US history. Whitacre secretly gathered hundreds of hours of video and audio tapes over several years to present to the FBI which became one of the largest price fixing cases in history. In the story — a dark comedy / thriller in director Steven Soderbergh’s hands — Whitacre’s good deed dovetails with his own major infractions and struggle with severe bipolar disorder.
The Job (2007)
3m; U.S.
Director: Jonathan Browning
Synopsis: Winning more than 30 awards at film festivals around the world, Browning’s short is a biting satire on US immigration policy and the global economic crisis.
Contact: http://www.thejobtheshort.com/
The Promotion (2008)
85m; U.S.
Director: Steve Conrad
Synopsis (Wikipedia): Doug Stauber (Seann William Scott) is the assistant manager of a branch of Donaldson’s, a supermarket chain in Chicago. He believes that he is a “shoo-in” for manager of a Donaldson’s that is scheduled for construction just a few blocks away from his home. Everyday, Doug deals with the pressures of being the assistant manager. Among his ordeals are an unruly gang of black teenagers loitering around the parking lot, the overwhelming amount of negative comments on the customer survey cards he collects (nearly all of which are caused by the gang’s antics), a foreigner who constantly slaps him over a box of Teddy Grahams and the rumors about him being a former Junior Olympics medalist in gymnastics. Then one day, Richard Wehlner (John C. Reilly) and his family move in from Quebec, and he becomes assistant manager alongside Doug.
Over the course of the film, the two men fight for the managerial job, trying to impress the store’s manager Scott (Fred Armisen) and the Donaldson’s board of directors (led by Mitch, played by Gil Bellows). The competition causes strain on their respective marriages. Doug is under financial pressure to get the job because he has begun to buy a house that he cannot afford if he is not promoted while his wife Jen (Jenna Fischer) ponders on going to night school. Meanwhile, Richard’s wife Laurie (Lili Taylor) and daughter leave him to temporarily move to her parents’ home in Scotland when she sees he is losing control and reverting to previous problem behavior.
Contact: http://www.thepromotionmovie.com/
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