Ron Ryan

When petty thieves discover that mobsters are scheduled to pick up $1 million from a local deli, the gang decides to swoop in and steal the cash.

At loose ends drifter stumbles upon a struggling painter as he searches for answers under the stars and rooftops of New York.

Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull," bringing Gould some celebrity and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a poetry club he's often crashed. Gould's touchy, querulous personality and his frequent dropping in on Mitchell for hours of chat lead to a breakup, but the two Joes stay in touch until Gould's death and Mitchell's unveiling of the secret.

감옥에서 6년간 복역한 조이는 출소하자 집으로 가지만 집에는 형 토미와 형수 로레인이 살고 있어 맘 편하게 지낼 수가 없다. 토미는 일정한 직업없이 집에서 허송세월을 보내고 마약거래뿐 아니라 여기저기 빚을 얻어 늘 불안한 상태이다. 전과자 동생 조이가 근처에 있다는 게 은근히 거슬리던 로레인은 조이와 함께 하는 시간이 많아지면서 그가 다른 범죄자들과는 다르다는 사실을 알게 되고 그를 집안으로 받아들인다. 한편 예전의 연인이었던 드니즈를 만난 조이는 자신을 버리고 다른 남자와 결혼한 그녀에게 원망을 터트리고, 드니즈는 형에게서 벗어나지 못하는 조이를 책망한다. 조이가 감옥에 들어가게 된 이유는 조이가 토미의 죄를 뒤집어 쓰고 들어간 것이었기 때문이다.

Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.

When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane job, Elaine falls on hard times and also becomes intrigued by a mysterious stranger named Lulu. Before long, Elaine gets roped into situations involving theft, murder and the mob. Can the beleaguered expatriate with big dreams turn her life around and steer clear of crime and chaos?

Emily Hollander becomes the subject of a lesbian obsession at the hands of Andrea Glassen, her next-door neighbour.

A shy, withdrawn female scientist invents a formula that turns her into a horny, oversexed nymphomaniac.