Wild Nights with Emily

Molly Shannon plays Emily Dickinson in the humorous drama 'Wild Nights with Emily." The poet’s persona, popularized since her death, became that of a reclusive spinster – a delicate wallflower, too sensitive for this world. This film explores her vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably Emily’s lifelong romantic relationship with another woman (Susan Ziegler). After Emily died, a rivalry emerged when her brother's mistress (Amy Seimetz) along with editor T.W. Higginson (Brett Gelman) published a book of Emily's poems. Unique and surreal, this seriously Independent film was the Winner of the US-In-Progress award in Paris. Appropriate for all ages.

 

The Foxy Merkins

Two lesbian hookers wind their way through a world of bargain-hunting housewives and double-dealing conservative women in this subversive buddy comedy, an homage to and riff on iconic male hustler films.

 

Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

Space aliens are sent to Earth on a mission to save their planet by visiting New York’s gay dating scene. One of the aliens falls in love with an unsuspecting earthling, meanwhile two "Men in Black" are trailing them as part of a secret government surveillance program.

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Countertransference

A lonely woman with assertiveness issues finds her problems multiplied in therapy.

Selected as a Sundance Film Festival Classic

“Unforgettable…a comic goldmine.” -Filmmaker Magazine

Starring Deb Margolin, Susan Ziegler, Dennis Davis, and Rae C Wright

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Hold Up

A robber looks to make off with more than money in this Sundance comedy short about a corner store hold up.

“If Madeleine Olnek’s ‘Hold Up"‘ were an SNL skit, it would be buzzed about at water coolers and on blogs across the country the next Monday… If only more movie comedies were this wry and skilled.” -Baltimore City Paper

Starring Cynthia Kaplan, Nancy Giles, and Dennis Davis