Bob Balaban Movies

A look at how comedian Kenny Kramer inspired the character Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld.

Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion...

A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults...

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.

When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”),...

A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to...

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do...

David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."

Billy Bottomsly, a struggling artist, is plagiarised by a Hollywood mogul. He involves his "typecast" friends in a star-jacking retribution plan....

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn...

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads:...

A college student joins a group of revolutionaries to meet girls but ends up committed to their goals.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Robert Altman's 2001 film 'Gosford Park'. Cast and crew relate some of their experiences with making the...

Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Since she was a child, Natalie Miller has always thought she was an ugly ducking. Despite her mother's encouragement that she will grow up to be...

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by...

With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director.