Susan Shopmaker Movies

Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A...

Two young couples in New York-one black and gay, one white and heterosexual-find their lives intertwined as they create new relationship norms,...

Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and...

The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe...

Teenagers did not exist before the 20th century. Not until the early 1950s did the term gain widespread recognition, but "Teenage" offers compelling...

Relative Evil (aka Ball in the House) - When JJ (Jonathan Tucker) returns home from rehab, he is greeted by a conniving family who are plotting to...

A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past.

A frustrated writer reluctantly turns to his womanizing brother for advice about the opposite sex.

In this eccentric comedy, a poet moves to New York looking for professional success and ends up engaging in a series of strange encounters with New...

Not Waving But Drowning is a chronological look at growing up, formed from two different stories. The two sets of friends represent the American...

On the run, Marian returns to her hometown in upstate New York to hide out with her estranged identical twin sister, Vivian. Struggling to put the...

Nicole's discovery of an eviction notice shatters her family's houseboat vacation, forcing them to confront their patriarch's troubles, lost homes,...

After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.

An internationally respected poet announces she is going to kill herself and needs an heir and executor. Young writers drive up the mountain to...

Raquel is an aspiring beats producer in the low-budget hip-hop world moonlighting as a drug money launderer. She ends up stealing from her crime-lord...

When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate...

A look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus (2006) featuring interviews, behind the scenes footage and clips from the...

Who hasn’t been subject to the dreaded quarter-life question, “What do you want to do in life?” This is the kind of question that...

When a family gathers for dinner, money becomes the key topic of discussion, with alarming results.

Kelly strips – her best friend Jordan captures the event on her mobile phone. Kelly’s name is well known among the visitors of...