Ties to Rachel

Ties to Rachel 1997

1

Three stories about life in a small New England town, all with a common thread: a woman named Rachel.

1997

Cement

Cement 2000

4.40

Take a walk on the seamy side of town, where you can’t tell the difference between the bad cops and the crooks. Bob Holt, a corrupt detective knee-deep in kickbacks, has an uneasy partnership with a drug-addicted cop and an even shakier alliance with a notorious mob syndicate. When Holt pours the youngest mob brother into a cement freeway structure, it sets in motion a twisted tale of revenge.

2000

Sunday

Sunday 1997

5.20

This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a famous film director or both. Madeleine hails him on the street as the latter, launching a bizarre chain of events that includes a conversation in a diner, a very unromantic sexual encounter, the arrival of Madeleine's odd husband and unsuspecting daughter, and a child's birthday party. The film also compassionately tracks the daily rounds of Oliver/Matthew's fellow denizens of the homeless shelter, some of whom will be recognizable to New York audiences.

1997