James Schamus Movies

Documentary featuring interviews with director Ang Lee and co-writer/producer James Schamus. Produced for the "Eat Drink Man Woman" DVD Special...

Aimée, a coldhearted grifter and modern capitalism's soul, is a professional killer who aims to uncover old grudges and engineer new...

Follows a day in the life of a young artist who longs for professional success and the attention of beautiful women, but who encounters only...

A psychic suburban mother--with an affinity for Doris Day films--begins a spiritual journey beyond the confines of her neighborhood and failed...

What is the real value of a dollar? You think that a dollar bill is money and that banks are where your cash is stored and safeguarded. Well,...

James’s film provides us with a thoughtful history of photography and the moving image that both pays tribute to the past and celebrates how...

Manhattan, 1996. All mental hospitals must cut their patient load by a third, and LaRue (Will Keenan) is sent out onto the streets with "chronic...

When Jill Godmilow’s movie Roy Cohn/Jack Smith premiered at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival, the number of AIDS-related deaths was...

Silva fulfills herself a dream: from Poland she flies to USA. With only a few hundred dollars she arrives in New York, incapable of the language. Not...

Blending humor and tragedy, filmmaker Jan Oxenberg goes on a personal journey to process the aging and death of her grandmother.

Welcome to Levittown, New York - America's first cookie-cutter community. From wife-swapping to bomb shelters, to flag burning, Wonderland takes a...