Richard Portnow Movies

The wild and tempestuous relationship between icons Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner.

In New York two detectives of the 87th precinct are initially baffled by the brutal, ritualistic slayings of several young women. Through good...

Alex is the film student forced by his college professor to stop making Jackie Chan "homage" films and make "something from the heart" in order to...

The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos....

A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous...

A time bomb is ticking in a small regional postal facility and his name is Oren Starks (Brad Garrett). Oren fits the profile of a new breed of...

Vera Parks, an overly intense and demanding Broadway director, gets fired from yet another job, leaving her no choice but to take a gig directing a...

A down-on-her luck prostitute embarks on a wild adventure that puts her in contact with the Mafia.

Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.

Perry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud in the process.

On his last night on the job, an unsuspecting LA cab driver gets roped into helping a wealthy investment banker cover up a brutal crime.

Down-and-out lounge singer Johnny Slade is hired by a mystery man to open a hot new club, the catch being he's given a new--and terrible--song to...

A look at the life of real estate king/media mogul/reality TV star, Donald Trump.

Four young gamblers come up with a plan to get out of debt with a fixed game.

A big-city lawyer is called home to defend a local man accused of murder. Based on the Spoon River Anthology

Ambitious young woman wants to get into TV news. She borrows a small camera from a friend and obtains incriminating pictures that two former East...

Transplanted from New York, Duke and his brother Frankie Romano live in a rundown LA apartment with their alcoholic mother (Karen Black).

A beautiful woman seduces and tricks a hitman in order to save her own skin.

Inspired by Neil Simon's early career experience as a junior writer for Your Show of Shows, the play focuses on Sid Caesar/Jackie Gleason-like Max...

On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation, Artie, a zookeeper living in Sunnyside, Queens,...