The Exorcism of Donald Miller (2011)

Actors: Timothy J. Cox (actor), Timothy J. Cox (actor), Zach Terry (director), Zach Terry (producer), Zach Terry (writer), Jonny Brennan (actor), Claire Stenger (director), Darian Lanzetta (writer), Claire Stenger (writer), Darian Lanzetta (director), Darian Lanzetta (producer), Claire Stenger (producer), Jacqueline King Wack (actress),

Plot: Donald Miller is a young, teenage boy who becomes possessed by the devil. Uncertain what is happening to him, he tries to explain the possession to his overprotective mother, but she misreads what he saying, assuming that he is just going through puberty.

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Short,

The Perfect Banana (2009)

Actors: Jared M. Gordon (producer), Jared M. Gordon (director), Jared M. Gordon (writer), Sandra Brown (actress), Jeremy Palmer (miscellaneous crew), Julie Adler (actress), Jack Schaffer (editor), Sarah Farkas (actress), Phil Silva (actor), Joshua Arevalo (miscellaneous crew), Sharon Lozada (actor),

Plot: Donald Miller is freshly laid off and freshly single. He collapses into an introverted, single-minded quest to find a banana without any blemishes or bruises. His overbearing, struggling, graphic artist roommate, Marcy Dorris, relies on Donald for camaraderie as well as rent. Will Donald find his courage and put himself back on track?

Keywords: coming-of-age, independent-film
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,

Doubt (2008)

Actors: Rich Fellegara (miscellaneous crew), Dianne Dreyer (miscellaneous crew), Wendy Cohen (miscellaneous crew), Scott Rudin (producer), Howard Shore (composer), Wendy Cohen (miscellaneous crew), Ann Roth (costume designer), Amy Adams (actress), Viola Davis (actress), Meryl Streep (actress), Philip Seymour Hoffman (actor), Timothy J. Cox (actor), Alice Drummond (actress), Tim Monich (miscellaneous crew), Steve McAuliff (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear-based discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequences.

Keywords: 1960s, 45rpm-record, abuse-of-power, abused-child, accusation, adaptation-directed-by-original-author, african-american, altar, altar-boy, ambiguity
Genres: Drama, Mystery,
Taglines: There is no evidence. There are no witnesses. But for one, there is no doubt.

Quotes:

Father Brendan Flynn: I can fight you.::Sister Aloysius Beauvier: You will lose.

Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [to Sister James] Penmanship is dying all across this country!

Father Brendan Flynn: You haven't the slightest proof of anything!::Sister Aloysius Beauvier: But I have my certainty! And armed with that, I will go to your last parish, and the one before that if necessary. I'll find a parent.

Sister James: I don't think Father Flynn did anything wrong.

Father Brendan Flynn: You have no right to act on your own! You have taken vows, obedience being one! You answer to us! You have no right to step outside the church!::Sister Aloysius Beauvier: I will step outside the church if that's what needs to be done, 'til the door should shut behind me! I will do what needs to be done, though I'm damned to Hell! You should understand that, or you will mistake me.

Father Flynn: Where is your compassion?::Sister Aloysius: Nowhere you can get at it.

[last lines]::Sister Aloysius: Sister James...::Sister James: What is it, Sister?::Sister Aloysius: [crying] I have doubts. I have such doubts.

Mrs. Miller: Sister, I don't know if you and me are on the same side. I'll be standing with my son and those who are good with my son. It'd be nice to see you there.

Sister James: I don't think Father Flynn did anything wrong.::Sister Aloysius Beauvier: You just want things to be resolved so you can have simplicity back.

Sister Aloysius Beauvier: What happened in the rectory?::Father Brendan Flynn: Happened? Nothing happened. I had a talk with a boy.::Sister Aloysius Beauvier: About what?::Father Brendan Flynn: Private matter.::Sister Aloysius Beauvier: He's twelve years old, what could be "private"?

Our Son, the Matchmaker (1996)

Actors: Ann Jillian (actress), Ellen Burstyn (actress), Andy Stahl (actor), Beverly Safier (costume designer), Mike Pniewski (actor), Deirdre O'Connell (actress), David Andrews (actor), Les Alexander (producer), Don Enright (producer), A.W. Gryphon (miscellaneous crew), John Hostetter (actor), Michael Wayne Thomas (actor), Wendy Price (miscellaneous crew), Linda Larkin (actress), Joanne D'Antonio (editor),

Plot: As seen in flashback, this is the story of 43-year-old Julie a beautician who when 15 was forced by her mother to give up her baby for adoption. Her son, now 28, a minister, with his wife expecting, begins to search for his biological mother to find out his family medical history. She hears of his search and reunites.

Genres: Drama,

King of the Hill (1993)

Actors: Steve Alterman (miscellaneous crew), Steven Soderbergh (editor), John McConnell (actor), Karen Allen (actress), Steven Soderbergh (director), Steven Soderbergh (writer), Katherine Heigl (actress), Spalding Gray (actor), Joe Chrest (actor), David Jensen (actor), Adrien Brody (actor), Jeroen Krabbé (actor), Amber Benson (actress), Barbara Harris (miscellaneous crew), Judi M. Durand (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Depression era movie. The protagonist is a little boy whose mother is forced into a sanitarium and father gets a job as a traveling salesman. The boy fends for himself in a seedy SRO hotel. The focus is on the boy's relationships with others and his struggle to survive.

Keywords: 1930s, against-the-odds, based-on-book, bellboy, blood, brother, brother-brother-relationship, canary, child's-point-of-view, child-driving-car
Genres: Drama, History,
Taglines: When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.

Quotes:

Mrs. Kurlander: Must you wear that filthy thing on your head?::Aaron: Ma, it's a hat. You wear it on your head.

Mr. Mungo: Perhaps you could spare one or two bites for young Aaron.::Aaron: Oh, no. Really, I couldn't.::Lydia: When Aaron here works for his meal the way I did, he can have some.::Mr. Mungo: That wouldn't be feasible.::Lydia: [Sarcastic] With you, who knows?

The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

Actors: Kent Smith (actor), Robert Wise (director), Sarah Selby (actress), Roy Webb (composer), Edward Stevenson (costume designer), Edmund Glover (actor), Simone Simon (actress), Charles Bates (actor), Elizabeth Russell (actress), Julia Dean (actress), Jane Randolph (actress), Val Lewton (producer), Gunther von Fritsch (director), Eve March (actress), Ann Carter (actress),

Plot: This mostly unrelated sequel to Cat People (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed. Amy is a very imaginative child who has trouble differentiating fantasy from reality, and has no friends her own age as a result. She makes an imaginary friend though, her father's dead first wife Irena. At about the same time, she befriends Julia Farren, an aging reclusive actress who is alienated from her own daughter Barbara.

Keywords: actress, backyard, bicycle, birthday-cake, birthday-party, bloodhound, book, bouncing-a-ball, brooch, brushing-one's-hair
Genres: Drama, Family,
Taglines: Strange, Forbidding, Thrilling The Black Menace Creeps Again ! A tender tale of terror!