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Catherine Keener

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SwitchSwitch (1991)
Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, JoBeth Williams
Sultry Ellen Barkin suceeds in a comic role as a womanizing 'man' who is reincarnated in her body and gets a taste of his own sexist medicine.
Living in OblivionLiving in Oblivion (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney
Another low–budget gem from the director of JOHNNY SUEDE, this time a deliriously cheeky backhander aimed at various icons of the indie film…
Walking and TalkingWalking and Talking (1996) Recommended
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber
A sort of femme flipside to 'Swingers', two women – one single, one about to be married – work out their romantic hangups in original and…
Box of MoonlightBox of Moonlight (1996)
Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. John Turturro, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney
The ungainly John Turturro contorts through another whacked–out odyssey of crisis, mid–life in this instance, as an anally retentive…
Real Blonde, TheReal Blonde, The (1997) Recommended
Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Maxwell Caulfield
Light yet insightful lampoon of the acting/modelling industry from the director of LIVING IN OBLIVION nicely captures (and skewers) the hollowness of…
8mm8mm (1998)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini
First Hollywood effort at generating thrills from the dubious (and probably mythical) subculture of 'snuff movies', where actors are deliberately…
Your Friends and NeighboursYour Friends and Neighbours (1998)
Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Jason Patric, Amy Brenneman, Nastassja Kinski
Both elegant and caustic, this dark, dark comedy from Neil LaBute mingles with a pack of handsome, sexually carnivorous and frustrated urbanites…
200 Cigarettes200 Cigarettes (1998) Recommended
Dir. Risa Bramon Garcia
Feat. Ben Affleck, Martha Plimpton, Jay Mohr
An all–youth ensemble sample some Big Apple nightlife in the last remaining hours of 1981 before mingling at a precarious loft party.…
Being John MalkovichBeing John Malkovich (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Spike Jonze
Feat. John Cusack, John Malkovich, Cameron Diaz
Surrealist comic marvel distinguished by the most bizarre of plots – washed–up puppeteer John Cusack's new position as a filing clerk…
Lovely and AmazingLovely and Amazing (2001) Recommended
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Jake Gyllenhaal
Rewarding indie drama – seasoned with touches of painful comedy – that observes the troubles between three sisters waiting for their…
Death to SmoochyDeath to Smoochy (2002)
Dir. Danny DeVito
Feat. Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener
An exuberantly mean–spirited send–up of kids’ television, where lewd, foulmouthed clown Robin Williams declares "death to Smoochy", a…
Full FrontalFull Frontal (2002)
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Julia Roberts, Catherine Keener, David Duchovny
Director Stephen Soderbergh calls on the favours of famous friends for a makeshift, semi–improvised poke at the film industry that only a…
S1m0neS1m0ne (Simone) (2002)
Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Another ‘future shock’ escapade from the creator of THE TRUMAN SHOW and GATTACA that this time taps a comic vein to convey the effect that a…
Interpreter, TheInterpreter, The (2005) Recommended
Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener
A topical thriller embroiled in the thorny issues of African politics (with obvious allusions to Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe), this is a slick,…
40 Year Old Virgin, The40 Year Old Virgin, The (2005) Recommended
Dir. Judd Apatow
Feat. Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
A 40–year–old electronics salesman (Carrell) is discovered by his pals to still be a virgin, living in a world of plastic superhero…
CapoteCapote (2005) Recommended
Dir. Bennett Miller
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.
Polished and sophisticated dramatisation of how writer Truman Capote came to research and create his seminal 'true–crime' masterpiece IN COLD…
Ballad of Jack and Rose, TheBallad of Jack and Rose, The (2005)
Dir. Rebecca Miller
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Camilla Belle, Catherine Keener
Affecting coming–of–age melodrama from the dir. of PERSONAL VELOCITY about father Daniel Day–Lewis and daughter Camille Belle who…
Friends with MoneyFriends with Money (2006)
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener
Diverting relationship–drama skips through dir. Holofcener's (LOVELY AND AMAZING) perennial wry life lessons, presenting the tribulations of…
Into the WildInto the Wild (2007)
Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt
With his trademark earnestness, Sean Penn adapts Jon Krakauer's nonfiction book about a 22–year–old who dropped out of society in the…
Hamlet 2Hamlet 2 (2008)
Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler
Steve Coogan goes American for this comedy as a failed actor turned high school drama teacher as he tries to stage a musical sequel to the most…
Synecdoche, New YorkSynecdoche, New York (2008) Recommended
Dir. Charlie Kaufman
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener
Screenwriting extraordinaire Charlie Kaufman turns his hand to directing for the first time with another amusing existential conundrum, here enjoying…
What Just HappenedWhat Just Happened (2008) Recommended
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Catherine Keener, Bruce Willis
Robert De Niro is in late–career–best form in this amiable showbiz satire that captures two weeks in the life of a frustrated film…
GenovaGenova (Summer in Genoa) (2008)
Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis
After the death of his wife, a man (Firth) moves his two daughters to Genova, Italy, in order to overcome his loss and revitalize their lives.
Soloist, TheSoloist, The (2009)
Dir. Joe Wright
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jnr., Catherine Keener
Downbeat drama sees Robert Downey Jnr. play a journalist who discovers a homeless, mentally ill musician (Fox) on the streets of Los Angeles, and…
Where the Wild Things AreWhere the Wild Things Are (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Spike Jonze
Feat. Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini
Expanding on the simple text of Maurice Sendak's modern children's classic, this glorious, visionary adaptation from director Spike Jonze and writer…
Percy Jackson: The Lightning ThiefPercy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (2010) Recommended
Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario
Striking fantasy that follows a gangly teenager who discovers that he's the son of Poseidon and has inherited some of Dad's powers. Percy soon finds…
Please GivePlease Give (2010) Recommended
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet
Writer–director Nicole Holofcener secures her informal reputation as a "female Woody Allen" with this bittersweet New York story that again…
CyrusCyrus (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Feat. John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei
This placid yet sophisticated comedy of male rivalry sees a middle–aged divorcee (Reilly) stumble upon the woman of his dreams (Tomei), only to…
TrustTrust (2010)
Dir. David Schwimmer
Feat. Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato
Pungent social drama with Keener and Owen as parents dealing with the aftermath of their teenage daughter's rape at the hands of an online…
Oranges, TheOranges, The (2011)
Dir. Julian Farino
Feat. Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener
Two upper–middle class New Jersey families are split apart when the father of one (Laurie) falls in love with the daughter of the other…
Peace, Love & MisunderstandingPeace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen
Light comedy about an uptight NYC lawyer takes her two teenagers to her hippie mother's farmhouse upstate for a family vacation.
PerformancePerformance (A Late Quartet) (2012) Recommended
Dir. Yaron Zilberman
Feat. Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman
A celebrated string quartet in New York struggle to stay together through a combination of illness and relationship woes in this nuanced ensemble…
Croods, TheCroods, The (2013) Recommended
Dir. Kirk De Micco
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone
Dreamworks animate the life and times of a Stone Age family as they come to terms with evolution in the prehistoric era. Though predicable in…
Captain PhillipsCaptain Phillips (2013) Recommended
Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener
Paul Greengrass directs with exhilarating dramatic realism this gripping true account of the hijacking of a U.S. container ship by Somali pirates.
Enough SaidEnough Said (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener
Writer/director Nicole Holofcener moves into the first division with her fifth feature film, a savvy divorcee rom–com in perfect accord with…
Begin AgainBegin Again (2013)
Dir. John Carney
Feat. Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, James Corden
Keira Knightley plays a struggling indie songstress who finds levity and love in a down–on–his–luck music executive (Ruffalo) in…
War StoryWar Story (2014)
Dir. Mark Jackson
Feat. Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi, Ben Kingsley
A war photographer who recently endured a brutal detainment in Libya holes up in Sicily to come to terms with her ordeal.
Elephant SongElephant Song (2014)
Dir. Charles Biname
Feat. Bruce Greenwood, Xavier Dolan, Catherine Keener
Canadian cinema's "enfant terrible" Xaviar Dolan takes the lead in this dark psychodrama in which a psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game…
Accidental LoveAccidental Love (Nailed) (2015)
Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Catherine Keener
Political satire written by Kristin Gore (Al's daughter) about a small town waitress who gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing…
Show Me a Hero (TV Mini-Series)Show Me a Hero (TV Mini-Series) (2015) Recommended
Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Peter Riegert, Alfred Molina
Extraordinary true story of the political fight to build public housing in white middle–class neighbourhoods in 1980's New York. From the…
Get OutGet Out (2017) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jordan Peele
Feat. Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
A deliciously fresh and contemporary paranoid thriller that puts an ingenious and spirited African–American spin on the conspiracy template set…
Kidding (TV Series)Kidding (TV Series) (2018)
Dir. Michel Gondry, Jake Schreier
Feat. Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Judy Greer
An ironically titled, poignant examination of life and grief for a beloved children's television presenter known as Mr. Pickles who anchors a…

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