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Celebrity Shorts
Hollywood stars love short films: they're a playground for trying out new characters as actors, or testing new roles behind the camera. This year, a record number of A-listers perform, write and direct in these truly star-studded short films.
ROM | THURSDAY, JUNE 18 | 7:00 PM | 105 MINUTES
| Glock |
| A promising new secret agent (Tom Everett Scott, SOUTHLAND, THAT THING YOU DO) is dying for his first assignment. Waiting by a phone that doesn't ring, his dreams of spy super-stardom comically dwindle. GLOCK marks Scott's writing and directing debut. |
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| Eve |
| Oscar® nominee Natalie Portman makes her directorial and writing debut in an intergenerational story about love and expectations. Screen legend Lauren Bacall stars as Lola, grandmother to young Kate (Olivia Thirlby, JUNO). Kate arrives for a private visit, but becomes a third wheel on grandma's date with Joe (Emmy Award winner Ben Gazzara). |
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| Monday Before Thanksgiving |
| On the first anniversary of her mother's death, Theresa (Academy Award® nominee Laura Dern) is comforted by her best friend Cece (Courteney Cox, FRIENDS). Through a chance encounter, Theresa realizes what is - and isn't - missing in her life. Courteney Cox directs and co-writes thi affirming look at living by your own rules. |
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| One of Those Days |
| Howard (Sir Derek Jacobi, GLADIATOR, GOSFORD PARK) and his wife have lived a very ordinary life. But none of that matters on Judgment Day, when a small mix-up in paperwork causes an otherworldly bureaucratic experience. Parody meets superb performance in this classic British satire. |
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| The Spleenectomy |
| Judy Curtis (Anna Faris, THE HOUSE BUNNY, OBSERVE AND REPORT) is a suburban mom who dreams of being an actress. After a pretentious community theatre director crushes her hopes, she gets one more chance to nail her dream role. Absurd comedy abounds in screenwriter Kirsten Smith's (THE HOUSE BUNNY, LEGALLY BLONDE) directorial debut. |
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| Sparks |
| Smooth talking private eye Joseph (Eric Stolz, PULP FICTION) has a few questions for former rock'n'roller Robin (Carla Cugino, SIN CITY) who may or may not have burnt down her late husband's Malibu villa. Adapted from the Elmore Leonard short story, star Joseph Gordon-Levitt (BRICK, THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN) writes and directs this sexy, updated film noir. |
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