Mary Jane Skalski
1) The visitor
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship...
2) The cobbler
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.
3) The Cobbler
Author
Language
English
Description
Max Simkin has had enough of working in his little New York shoe repair shop where he quietly envies people with more interesting lives. So when he discovers an old family heirloom with the magical ability to change his appearance and transform into any of his customers, the temptation is too good to pass up. However, his newfound ability to become someone else proves to be as troublesome as it is fun. When a ruthless real estate developer tries to...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When is life not worth living anymore? Paul Thomas talks old buddy Jeff into helping him fulfill a crazy childhood dream of swimming the entire 150-mile length of the Hudson River. Joined by Liz, a teacher intrigued by their scheme, they plunge into their adventure with glee. But Jeff and Liz soon realize Paul is driven by more than just the stunt when they find out Paul's deadline to finish is also the anniversary of his wife's unexpected death.
Author
Language
English
Description
George Gattling (Giamatti) finds little fulfillment as an auto upholsterer, the patriarch of a broken family, and the occasional lover of a lonely psychology student (Williams). When stricken with a family tragedy, George becomes obsessed with taming a wild, red-tail hawk. At his weakest moment, he locks himself into a battle of wills with a fierce creature that would rather die than succumb.
Author
Language
English
Description
Fin McBride, a loner with a passion for trains, inherits an abandoned train station in the middle of nowhere. After moving in, he discovers his isolated depot is more like Grand Central Station. There's Olivia, a troubled artist, and Joe, with an insatiable hunger for conversation.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Amy is a recent divorcee who seeks refuge in the suburban Connecticut home of her parents. Demoralized and directionless, Amy begins an affair with 19 year old actor Jeremy that reignites her passion for life and jumpstarts her independence.
8) Wilson
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged man reunites with his estranged wife and meets his teenage daughter for the first time.