Julia Weldon

A young romantic navigates college dating while striving to reconcile homosexuality with his classic, cinematic ideals.

The Coffee Shop takes place in a gay owned, rainbow-friendly New York restaurant and coffee house where love is constantly tossed into the blender.

"An Affirmative Act" is pro-gay marriage film, starring Charles Durning, Eric Etebari, Costas Mandylor, Rachael Robbins, and Blanche Baker, about a lesbian couple where one pretends to be a man in order for the two to get married and equal benefits. A slice of life of a young, professional married couple with their darling baby turns a sharp, dark corner when the pair are arrested and charged with several counts of fraud. The reason: Terry and Samantha Succi aren't the man and woman that they purported to be... Terry and Samantha married under false pretenses, ignoring state law that discriminates against homosexual partners and prohibits them from receiving the same rights and benefits as their straight counterparts.

A rumination on the dangers of first crushes, the weight of clean guns and the habits of sea cucumbers.

Two chess players face off at a busy café, studying both the pieces on the board and the unfolding dramas at the neighboring tables. While a young couple fumbles through an uncomfortable blind date, a longtime marriage begins to crumble. Meanwhile, a pair of film noir fans suspect they're witnessing a real-life murder. This is an ensemble drama about conversations overheard in a bustling New York City bistro. With every whispered word, we gain a greater understanding of the big picture being formed all around us. From lovers' quarrels to artistic musings and hushed confessions, a crowded restaurant is the perfect place to discover just what strangers will say when they think no one else is listening.

The Crabb family in Texas are thrown a curve-ball when they discover that daughter Jessica is moonlighting under a secret identity at school. Through the eyes of younger sister Bee, we witness the attempts of the family to make Jessica ‘normal’.

어머니 캐롤린(Carolyn Ryan: 메릴 스트립 분)은 의사로, 아버지 벤(Ben Ryan: 리암 니슨 분)은 충실한 가장으로 서로 사랑하며 살아온 평범한 중류 가정에 어느날 예기치 않았던 사건이 일어난다. 라이언 부부의 십대 아들 제이콥(Jacob Ryan: 에드워드 펄롱 분)이 아무런 흔적도 없이 사라져 버린 것이다. 아들 제이콥이 사라져 버린 그날, 제이콥의 여자 친구 마사 태브너(Martha Taverner: 앨리슨 폴랜드 분)가 잔혹하게 살해된 후 변사체로 발견되었으니. 권태로울 정도로 평온했던 벤과 캐콜린의 일상은 충격과 경악 속에 깨뜨려지고 그들의 가족은 정신적 혼돈에 빠져든다. 두 사람은 아들에게 무슨 일이 일어났는가를 알아내기 위하여 고군분투한다. 평소 서로 사랑하며 가족끼리의 결속이 강했던 라이너씨 가족이었기에 제이콥이 살인자이거나 그럴지도 모른다는 가정은 이들 가족을 두려움고 공포, 혼란 속에 빠뜨리게 된다. 벤과 캐롤린 부부는 자신들에게 닥친 비극의 그림자에 맞서면서 사랑하는 아들을 보호하기 위해 몸부림친다. 그러나 그 방법과 이유는 도덕적인 기준에서, 또는 무한한 사랑의 시각에서 서로 청예한 대립과 갈등 속에 전개된다. 서로의 번민과 갈등 속에서도 그들 두 사람은 과연 자신들의 선택이 옳은 것인지, 그리고 아들을 구하려는 시도가 아들을 수렁헤서 구해내는 힘이 될 지 아니면 더 큰 해를 끼치게 될 지 확신할 수 없는 혼돈된 상황에 빠지게 된다.

Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a fascination with Black pop culture, and a dead-end life in an Adirondack village. He's alternatively sensitive and brutal with Kristen, who wants a sexual relationship that he explosively rejects. Late one night, as he's closing the cafe where he works, a young Black man attempts to rob him at gun point but faints from illness. Seth takes the man, Knowledge, an escapee from a nearby prison, to a family cabin where he nurses him and they begin a tentative friendship. When the sheriff learns of Seth's harboring a fugitive, a confrontation looms. Relationships between fathers and their children dominate the subplots.