Director Andrew Wagner draws topnotch work from Frank Langella, Lili Taylor, Lauren Ambrose and Adrian Lester in this drama about a once revered novelist whose world is shaken when a smart ambitious graduate student, with more than academics on her mind, convinces him that she can use her thesis on his work to bring him back into the literary world spotlight.  Rated PG-13.  110 min.  (Roadside Attractions)

• 2008 Spirit Award Nominations/Best Screenplay: Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner
• 2008 Spirit Award Nominations/Best Male Lead: Frank Langella
• National Board of Review/(One of) Top Ten Independent Films