Charlize Theron

Call it contrived, but back when this movie came out, audiences couldn’t get enough of such randomly colliding narratives.  Not everything that’s set up pays off, but various performances have stood the test of time.  Mazursky’s downtrodden filmmaker has stuck with me since my initial viewing all those years ago.  To only slightly lesser degrees, the same is true of Mason, Aiello, and Spader.  And of course, who could forget Theron in this movie?