Wallace Shawn Movies

The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.

A fractured family is forced to confront what tore them apart at the eldest son's wedding.

Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events.

Embarrassed because he perceives his father as dull, a creative boy invents himself a new, more exciting one and finds the popularity he craves.

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they...

Rex uses the age of dinosaurs as an example to give Forky an understanding of the concept of time.

Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their...

A day in the life of a couple trapped in a sadomasochistic relationship. When Marie decides to break up with Bruce, their conversation devolves into...

In this hour-long piece, recorded in 2009, filmmaker Noah Baumbach talks with his friends the writer-actors André Gregory and Wallace Shawn...

Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their...

TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for motherhood. A romantic fling with a seductive cellist,...

Teenage Lance dreams of being a secret agent when he's suddenly in the middle of an hacker intrigue, which has its sights on an international...

A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.

With Christmas approaching, a struggling single mom finds herself working as a department store Santa Claus, as a real-life angel delivers good...

In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.

A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.

A wealthy Beverly Hills resident who has just become a widow, Clare Lipkin temporarily takes on her friend Lisabeth as a house guest. As the two...

Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a telepath who has been raised in a NSA foster home. Lazarus helps the government by using his abilities. He is told...

Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.