2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

1968. STANLEY KUBRICK.

Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.

RUBY SPARKS

2012. JONATHAN DAYTON, VALERIE FARIS. STARRING PAUL DANO, ZOE KAZAN.  METALEPSIS.  ROMANCE. WRITERS.


A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.

STRANGER THAN FICTION

2006. MARC FORSTER. STARRING WILL FERRELL. EMMA THOMPSON. DUSTIN HOFFMAN. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL. COMEDY.



An IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death. METALEPSIS. COMEDY.

CHINATOWN

1974.ROMAN POLANSKI.STARRING JACK NICHOLSON.FAYE DUNAWAY.


A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.

THE WIRE

2002-2008. CREATOR DAVID SIMON.  CRIME DRAMA SERIES.


Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement.  FIVE SEASONS that focus on a different part of society each season; police, harbour, politicians, schools, media.

HOUSE OF CARDS

various directors, including DAVID FINCHER. 2013.  starring KEVIN SPACEY, ROBIN WRIGHT, KATE MARA.


Dramatic series. 13 episodes. Francis Underwood is Majority Whip. He has his hands on every secret in politics - and is willing to betray them all to become President.