Argo (2012)
Drama | History | Thriller
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Clea DuVall, Chris Messina
Director: Ben Affleck
28 Hotel Rooms (2012)
Drama
A novelist and an accountant meet while they are traveling for work, and though they both are in relationships, their one-night stand could become something more.
Starring: Marin Ireland, Chris Messina
Director: Matt Ross
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Towelhead / Nothing Is Private (2007)
Drama
Against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, Jasira Maroun is 13, physically well developed but naïve and unable to say no. As puberty arrives, her mother sends her from Syracuse to Houston to her curt, up-tight, Lebanese-born father. Over the next few months, Jasira must navigate her father's strict indifference, her discovery of sexual pleasure, the casual racism of a neighbor boy and her classmates, the sexual advances of the boy's father, the proffered friendship of a pregnant neighbor, and her attraction to Thomas, an African-American classmate whom her father forbids her to see. Things happen to her, but can she take responsibility and control, or is tragedy inevitable?
Starring: Summer Bishil, Aaron Eckhart, Peter Macdissi, Chris Messina, Maria Bello, Carrie Preston, Chase Ellison
Director: Alan Ball
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Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Celeste and Jesse met in high school, married young, and at 30, decide to get divorced but remain best friends while pursuing other relationships.
Starring: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Emma Roberts, Ari Graynor, Chris Messina, Eric Christian Olsen, Elijah Wood
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Fairhaven (2012)
Comedy | Drama
A former high school football star and one time college athlete, Jon has landed back in the place of his youth — Fairhaven — a small fishing village on the Massachusetts coast. Now in his early thirties, and with the promise of younger days seemingly washed ashore, Jon's vague feelings of dissatisfaction are crystallized by a television interview with his football hero Tom Brady, who proclaims that, even after three super bowl wins, "There's got to be something more than this." Jon recounts his epiphany to Sam, old friend and schoolmate who married early, fathered early, divorced early and never left town. Sam made his own peace with small town life years ago, and is happy enough just to provide a stable home for his loving daughter, Cara, while secretly still pining for his beautiful ex-wife Kate. Together, Jon and Sam anticipate the return of Dave, the third member of their once-indomitable trio…
Starring: Chris Messina, Rich Sommer, Tom O'Brien, Alexie Gilmore, Sarah Paulson
Director: Tom O'Brien
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The Giant Mechanical Man (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.
Starring: Jenna Fischer, Chris Messina, Topher Grace, Malin Akerman
Director: Lee Kirk
Ruby Sparks (2012)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Starring: Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Chris Messina, Aasif Mandvi, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
An Invisible Sign (2010)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
Mona Gray is a 20-year-old loner who, as a child, turned to math for salvation after her father became ill. As an adult, Mona now teaches the subject and must help her students through their own crises.
Starring: Jessica Alba, Bailee Madison, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Sonia Braga, Blythe Auffarth
Director: Marilyn Agrelo
