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Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the U.S. from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising, and her New York agent, "the Countess," sends her to his ranch in California to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty ranch. [more inside]
posted by box on Feb 10, 2025 - 11 comments

Past, present and future collide as Truman makes a final push to finish Answered Prayers. [more inside]
posted by computech_apolloniajames on Apr 1, 2024 - 0 comments

Babe reflects on her life and her greatest treasures. Truman and the Swans reel in the fallout of a tragedy. [more inside]
posted by computech_apolloniajames on Mar 28, 2024 - 0 comments

In New York, it's the end of an era. In California, Truman tries to usher a new era with a hunky beau. [more inside]
posted by computech_apolloniajames on Mar 25, 2024 - 0 comments

In November 1975, the day after the Esquire article is published, Truman receives an inspiring visit from a fellow writer. [more inside]
posted by computech_apolloniajames on Mar 18, 2024 - 3 comments

Babe makes peace with a harsh reality. Truman makes an effort to get sober. [more inside]
posted by computech_apolloniajames on Mar 15, 2024 - 0 comments

At the height of his fame, Truman throws a lavish ball at the Plaza Hotel, a night which goes down in New York high society history. [more inside]
posted by dnash on Feb 18, 2024 - 1 comment

In the aftermath of the Esquire article, Truman starts on a downward spiral. The Swans form a unified front. [more inside]
posted by dnash on Feb 4, 2024 - 1 comment

In 1975, famed author Truman Capote published a chapter from his novel in progress Answered Prayers in Esquire magazine, which spilled some ugly, gossipy secrets about the lives of some of New York City's richest, most famous women - who had also, up to that moment, been Truman's best friends. [more inside]
posted by dnash on Feb 2, 2024 - 6 comments

Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) is a weather reporter at her small-town cable station, but she dreams of being a big-time news anchor. However, she feels that her middle-class husband (Matt Dillon) is holding her back, so she decides to have him murdered. For this, she enlists Jimmy (Joaquin Phoenix), a high school boy who is enamored with her. The plan doesn't work exactly as she intended, though, and her husband's family starts to suspect that she was involved in his death. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 21, 2022 - 5 comments

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
posted by ellieBOA on Sep 30, 2018 - 2 comments

Based on the memoir by Cleve Jones, with a script by Dustin Lance Black, this four-part mini-series covers several decades of LGBT and AIDS political activism in San Francisco. [more inside]
posted by larrybob on Mar 2, 2017 - 18 comments

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. [more inside]
posted by nubs on Apr 25, 2015 - 35 comments