, 1h43 OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsAlan Arkin, Jordan Fry, Lauren Holly, Glenne Headly, Austin Pendleton, Matthew Arkin Roles Editor Rating53% Flagg Purdy (Alan Arkin) is a handyman who has been fighting a lifelong competition with Gus Falk (Austin Pendleton), his neighbor. After losing a game of checkers and enduring other perceived slights, Flagg files a lawsuit against Falk, seeking to win control of a well and pumphouse on Falk's property through adverse possession. The case goes to trial and although heavily favored to win, Falk loses on a technicality. He responds by shunning Flagg and banning Flagg's wife Ada (Barbara Dana) from selling produce in his general store. Other townspeople also side with Falk and boycott Flagg's services as a handyman.
, 1h41 Directed byAllison Anders OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ThemesFeminist films, Political films ActorsBrooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin, Robert Knepper, J Mascis Roles Assistant Editor Rating65% Nora, (Brooke Adams) a waitress with two teenage daughters, struggles to raise them in a trailer park as a single parent after her husband abandons the family. After repeatedly skipping school to go on dates, Trudi (Ione Skye) quits school and gets a job as a waitress alongside her mother. Meanwhile, young Shade (Fairuza Balk) spends most of her time watching the movies of Mexican film star Elvia Rivero (Nina Belanger) and dreams of finding a new boyfriend for her mother.