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A composer who suffers writer's block rediscovers his passion after an adventurous one-night stand. Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei! Directed by Rebecca Miller. Opened the Berlin Film Festival. Trailer [YT] [more inside]
posted by Glinn on Mar 3, 2024 - 4 comments

A man is reluctant to tell his fiancée that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 16, 2022 - 4 comments

Independent film director Nick (Steve Buscemi) is making his first feature. Everything that can go wrong does. Tension boils between lead actress Nicole (Catherine Keener) and actor Chad (James LeGros), who have just slept together. An actor brought in to play a dwarf in a dream sequence (Peter Dinklage) has sharp criticism about the sequence. As money and time run out, Nick struggles to complete his film. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 17, 2022 - 6 comments

A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.
posted by gaspode on Feb 23, 2021 - 21 comments

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss. [more inside]
posted by Fukiyama on Oct 16, 2020 - 10 comments

Zach Galifianakis and his oddball crew take a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews. Come for the cameos. Stay for the credits. [more inside]
posted by Stanczyk on Sep 21, 2019 - 17 comments

After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Dec 22, 2017 - 15 comments

In this darkly comic drama, a mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder, when they fail to catch the culprit. [more inside]
posted by still_wears_a_hat on Dec 3, 2017 - 28 comments

A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget. [more inside]
posted by Cool Papa Bell on Apr 10, 2016 - 2 comments

Big names! First-timer Dinklage hosts with the former No Doubt singer.
posted by rhizome on Apr 3, 2016 - 39 comments

Daenerys Targaryen ponders motherhood. Grey Worm ponders fear. Stannis makes a move. Jon makes a decision. Roose plans the future. Ramsay plans a wedding. Sansa finds a frenemy. Aemon finds his family. Brienne puts out feelers. Jorah puts out unwanted guests. And Tyrion takes a bath.
posted by the man of twists and turns on May 10, 2015 - 108 comments

Cersei and Jaime adjust to a world without Tywin. Tyrion and Varys arrive at Pentos. In Meereen, a new enemy emerges. Jon is caught between two kings.
posted by the man of twists and turns on Apr 12, 2015 - 76 comments