Bob Balaban

A mean-spirited prank on a lonely stranger morphs into a complicated relationship for a cynic drifting through life after her high school graduation.

Harry Block, who suffers from writer's block and eagerly awaits his award, remembers some incredibly momentous times from his past.

Upon getting into a car accident, a Hollywood screenwriter develops amnesia and ends up in a small town, where he is mistaken for a missing war hero.

A Jew in Nazi-occupied Poland begins relaying fictitious news bulletins about Russian advances to keep hope and humor alive among ghetto residents.

After the death of his longtime collaborator, a cynical children’s book author is paired with a down-on-her-luck illustrator to pen the next big hit.

A group of student rebels take over a Columbia University campus administration building in an effort to fight the establishment. An unusual look at the campus riots of the 60s.

A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican, believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways.