Joanna Merlin Filmes

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands...

Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.

A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.

A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie...

Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant care and can no longer safely live alone, which...

Mildred and Doris are two middle-aged white women, from very different backgrounds, who become lovers and set up house together. Film explores the...

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his...

Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions...

A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.

Malcolm and Lily try to start their lives as they watch Malcolm's grandparents' fall apart.

It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding...

An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.

Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his...

The story of Rosalie Bonnano, the daughter of a powerful New York Mafia boss who married the son of her father's rival, another powerful New York...