Karen Murphy

The Kite Runner -- Amir is a young Afghani from a well-to-do Kabul family; his best friend Hassan is the son of a family servant.

For Your Consideration -- The film focuses on the making of an independent movie and its cast who become victims of the dreaded awards buzz.

Amir is a young Afghani from a well-to-do Kabul family; his best friend Hassan is the son of a family servant. Together the two boys form a bond of friendship that breaks tragically on one fateful day, when Amir fails to save his friend from brutal neighborhood bullies. Amir and Hassan become separated, and as first the Soviets and then the Taliban seize control of Afghanistan, Amir and his father escape to the United States to pursue a new life. Years later, Amir – now an accomplished author living in San Francisco – is called back to Kabul to right the wrongs he and his father committed years ago.

Years after fleeing the Taliban and immigrating to the United States, a privileged Afghan man (Khalid Abdalla) returns to his war-ravaged homeland to try to repay his debt to a loyal childhood friend whose trust he once betrayed. Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster's Ball) directs this touchingly honest story of family, friendship and bravery, based on the best-selling debut novel by Khaled Hosseini.

Amir is a young Afghani from a well-to-do Kabul family; his best friend Hassan is the son of a family servant.

Amir is a young Afghani from a well-to-do Kabul family; his best friend Hassan is the son of a family servant.

Young Amir and his best friend Hassan form a friendship that breaks tragically on one fateful day when Amir fails to save his friend from a bully. Years later, Amir is called back to Kabul to right the wrongs he and his father committed years ago.

On the set of a low budget film, three actors enjoy an internet-generated rumor that Oscars are in offing, setting off a renewed interest in the film and their careers. From the creators of Best In Show, with Eugene Levy.

On the set of a low budget film, three actors enjoy an internet-generated rumor that Oscars are in offing, setting off a renewed interest in the film and their careers. From the creators of Best In Show, with Eugene Levy.

The film focuses on the making of an independent movie and its cast who become victims of the dreaded awards buzz.

The film focuses on the making of an independent movie and its cast who become victims of the dreaded awards buzz.

Debut feature director Jay Berman (Christopher Guest), steers cast and crew through a typically tumultuous independent film Home for Purim, an intimate period drama about a Jewish family's turbulent reunion on the occasion of the dying matriarch's favorite holiday. When Internet-generated rumors begin circulating that three of Purim's stars -- faded luminary Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara), journeyman actor and former hot dog pitchman Victor Allan Miller (Harry Shearer), and ingenue Callie Webb (Parker Posey) -- may be perpetrating Award-worthy performances, a rumble of excitement rattles the cast. Once "Hollywood Now" anchors Chuck Porter (Fred Willard) and Cindy Martin (Jane Lynch) pick up the buzz, Award fever infects the entire production. Unit publicist Corey Taft (John Michael Higgins), talent agent Morley Orfkin (Eugene Levy), and producer Whitney Taylor Brown (Jennifer Coolidge) all smell the sudden potential for a sleeper hit. As does Sunfish Classics President Martin Gibb (Ricky Gervais), who suggests some last-minute changes to the film that he feels will broaden the film's appeal. Meanwhile, Purim's screenwriters, Lane Iverson (Michael McKean) and Philip Koontz (Bob Balaban) grow steadily more horrified as they watch the first film adaptation of their work diverge from their original story. As the hopeful Purim team careens toward the end of production and the upcoming Award season, tenuous relationsh