In Two Lovers, Joaquin Phoenix stars, in what is purported to be his last film role, as Leonard Kraditor, a somewhat nebbish man in his 30's who lives with his working class Jewish parents in a small Brighton Beach apartment. Though he is given to bouts of depression due to a bi-polar disorder, Leonard maintains a loyalty and affection for his loving parents, working alongside his father in the family-owned dry cleaning business and sharing home cooked dinners with them at the supper table ...

In Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1975 film The Passenger, Jack Nicholson plays David Locke, a news reporter who travels to Africa to run a localized story on a rather volatile political climate. At the run down hotel he occupies, he makes acquaintance with Robertson, a British man claiming generic businessman status. After a couple hours of shop talk, they delve into ambiguous queries on the meaning of life, enjoying each other's company before retiring to their own rooms for the night. Lock...