David Mamet – MRQE

Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants (TV)

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This was an HBO special, a filmed performance of Jay’s Broadway show, directed by his friend, David Mamet. It is literate, intelligent, and better than any magic performance you have ever seen.

Phil Spector (TV)

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.

Henry Johnson

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Henry Johnson navigates his search for a moral center, after an act of compassion upends his life. Looking to authority figures he encounters along the way, Henrys journey leads him down a road of manipulation and ethical uncertainty.

Homicide

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.

Heist

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Joe Moore has a job he loves. He’s a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he’s owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence’s young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.

Redbelt

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike’s car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio’s window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight at a bar. In return, the actor befriends Mike, gives him a gift, offers him work on his newest film, and introduces Mike’s wife to his own – the women initiate business dealings. Then, things go sour all at once, Mike’s debts mount, and going into the ring may be his only option.

Spartan

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.

State and Main

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.

The Spanish Prisoner

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.

Things Change

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn’t commit. But Gino’s mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!