6 Movies Starring Karen Sillas

Simple Men

Simple Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-11-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Italy, UK, USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (3215 Reviews)

Director:

Hal Hartley

Fullplot:

Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, meanwhile, is equally determined to track down their long lost father, a revolutionary who has been in hiding for 20 years. For different reasons, both leave New York and head for Long Island, out of money, and short on ideas. D:"Long Island is a a terminal moraine." B:"What's that?" D:"It's the material left behind when a glacier recedes." D:"Gee, then what the hell are we waiting for?"

What Happened Was...

What Happened Was...

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-09-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (977 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Noonan

Cast:

Writer:

Tom Noonan (play)

Tom Noonan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

This darkly humorous film explores the personal psychic landscape of two lonely New Yorkers. Jackie and Michael are coworkers at a large law firm, who decide to meet at Jackie's for dinner one night. As this 'first date' plays out, the audience is guided through a mental minefield of disappointment, desolation, and desperation. Their conversation, with its awkward 'small talk', slowly reveals their unhappy lives....

The Beast

The Beast

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

176 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1898 Reviews)

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Benchley (novel)

J.B. White (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Fishing and jobs are becoming scarce in a small seaport community when tragedy strikes a young couple disappear into the sea and nothing is left but a large claw stuck in their raft. A marine expert identifies it as belonging to an extremely rare giant squid and the hunt is on.

Female Perversions

Female Perversions

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-04-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (1922 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Louise J. Kaplan (book)

Julie Hèbert (screenplay)

Susan Streitfeld (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Dresses, lipsticks, sex - the "perversions" (and neuroses) of Eve, a young, very successful lawyer. Her days are a tightrope act between extreme eloquence and frosty toughness on the one side, and scaring vulnerability on the other. The climax of her career shall be the possibly forthcoming appointment as a judge, but this step seems to be interrupted by her kleptomaniac sister Mad who is arrested after one of her raids. Eve travels to Mad's town to stand by her in the jail. Their struggle about Mad's illness evokes suppressed conflicts. Eve stays at her sister's flat where she meets a girl who fights with her budding femininity.

The Beast

The Beast

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

176 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1905 Reviews)

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Benchley (novel)

J.B. White (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Fishing and jobs are becoming scarce in a small seaport community when tragedy strikes a young couple disappear into the sea and nothing is left but a large claw stuck in their raft. A marine expert identifies it as belonging to an extremely rare giant squid and the hunt is on.

The Beast

The Beast

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

176 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1907 Reviews)

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Benchley (novel)

J.B. White (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Fishing and jobs are becoming scarce in a small seaport community when tragedy strikes a young couple disappear into the sea and nothing is left but a large claw stuck in their raft. A marine expert identifies it as belonging to an extremely rare giant squid and the hunt is on.

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