Austin Pendleton Movies

A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.

In this rousing satire a native upstate New York clerk comes to 1920s Manhattan with dreams of making in big on Tin Pan Alley.

Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs,...

In a last ditch attempt to foster a meaningful bond, estranged sisters Beta and Zelda go in search of their mysterious Uncle Jerry.

Alienated, hopeful-filmmaker Pat Johnson's epic story growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love, and becoming the first fan of the movie that...

Three writers arrive by boat on a private island for a horror writer retreat where they are told they will compete for a life changing writing...

Manhattan- as it is every day of the week, year in, year out. Life is pretty routine for Bob, about to turn 70, yet aching for one last fling. Maybe...

A montage of short scenes of New Yorkers talking on their cellphones, evoking snippets of conversation overheard in passing on the streets of...

A grad student in theatre directs a group of undergrads in an adaptation of a 1980s young adult novel, altering them all in unexpected ways.

An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being placed on the auction block.

A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.

The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when...

A diverse group of people grapple with the imminent probability of a nuclear strike on the east coast.

An Englishwoman turns nanny and kidnaps the son of an Italian gangster who took over her dancing school.

Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.

When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.

From the elaborate Broadway revival of the 1932 Eva Le Gallienne/Florida Friebus production comes a whimsical retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic.

Harriet, a once-promising filmmaker, is stuck in the suburbs of New Jersey. Alienated from her cheating husband and spurned by her teenage daughter,...

After a series of bad relationships, a man orders a mail order bride and receives more than he bargained for.

An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and...