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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like Mistress, it finds sharp, rueful comedy in Hollywood’s compromise-ridden creative culture, with anxious dealmaking and industry personalities constantly reshaping what reaches the screen.
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Why this pick
Its dry, character-driven humour comes from a film production colliding with money, egos, and local reality—an affectionate but unsparing counterpart to Mistress’s filmmaker frustrations.
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Why this pick
A scrappy independent shoot becomes a cascade of comic disasters, matching Mistress’s sympathy for filmmakers trying to protect a vision amid unruly collaborators and practical setbacks.
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Why this pick
This bittersweet Hollywood satire follows a young director learning how quickly artistic confidence meets commercial pressure, with the same insider wit and bruised optimism as Mistress.
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Why this pick
Its farcical portrait of a desperate low-budget producer chasing a movie offers a warmer, broader version of Mistress’s pleasure in impossible productions and relentless show-business hustling.
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01 / THE STORY
A down-and-out Hollywood screenwriter and director named Marvin Landisman (Robert Wuhl) is working on cheaply made instructional videos when his years-old script is read by Jack Roth (Martin Landau), a desperate has-been producer who offers to help Marvin find investors for his movie.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Stuart Stratland Jr.
Evan M. Wright
Carmine Rasso
Beverly Dumont
Patricia Riley
Shelby's Waitress
Marvin Landisman
Jack Roth
