Steve Atha

A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader — Eddie Wilson — may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album.

In a small Southern town, a plantation owner is duped into thinking a thief is a kind stranger. To repay the stranger for stopping a robbery, the plantation owner invites him to his home to meet his daughter.

Granny Weatherall (Geraldine Fitzgerald) is a spunky old lady of eighty who bosses around her doctor and her children. She seems so strong and in control, and yet she has never had the upper hand in her destiny. One morning, a flood of long-forgotten memories bring her to the realization that of all her accomplishments, she cannot console herself for the shame-filled day she was left standing at the alter. Still, her indomitable will to live and act independently infuses the last day of her life. Adapted from the short story by acclaimed writer Katherine Anne Porter ("Ship of Fools"), The Jilting of Granny Weatherall reminds us of the plight of many women who wait for life to claim them, rather than seek life out for themselves.

Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.

Two Vietnam vets, Tom and Nordi, live sad lives in a crumbling New Jersey city. Sharing a one room apartment, they talk about their inability to hold down real work, struggle to get noticed at the VA and fail to connect with women. This changes for Tom when he meets Marcella and they begin a relationship. However, he can't escape his past with Nordi and the toxic bond soon takes a gruesome turn.

The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.

Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.

É 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, um judeu russo, emigrou para os Estados Unidos três anos antes e se estabeleceu como muitos de seus antecedentes, em Hester Street, no Lower East Side de Nova York. Ele assimilou a vida americana, tendo aprendido inglês, anglicizou seu nome para Jake e raspou a barba. Ele está trabalhando em um emprego de US $ 12/semana como marinheiro, o dinheiro ganho para trazer da Rússia para a América sua esposa Gitl e seu filho Yossele. Independentemente disso, ele se apaixonou por outra mulher, uma dançarina chamada Mamie Fein. No entanto, ele está animado quando descobre que Gitl e Yossele já estão vindo para a América. Sua felicidade com a chegada é atenuada quando ele vê que Gitl não é "americana" como Mamie e tem problemas de assimilar a cultura tão rapidamente quanto ele gostaria. Exceto para Mamie, ele tenta mostrar uma fachada pública que está tudo bem em casa com Gitl. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

Neurotic and newlywed Barbara finds her husband in bed with his old flame, Eva. Robin doesn't get mad — she gets even. Using funds supplied by her wealthy father, the scorned bride turns the couple's love nest into a dungeon of horror.