Jill Soloway Movies

A dissatisfied wife and mother strives to find greater meaning in her life - with outrageous results - in this offbeat, contemporary comedy. Thirtysomething Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) seemingly has everything a young woman could want: a handsome, devoted, successful husband; beautiful children; considerable wealth; and a chic home in Los Angeles's exclusive Silver Lake neighborhood. Inside, however, she's drowning in dissatisfaction. In a desperate bid for a sense of purpose, Rachel visits a local strip joint and begins to fixate on the idea of "saving" McKenna (Juno Temple), a stripper at the club whom she promptly hires as a live-in nanny for her children. It's a rash decision, and one that sends not merely ripples but shockwaves throughout the surrounding community, as Rachel tries to draw on the situation to attain a clearer and sharper sense of her own identity. First-timer Jill Holoway directs from her original script. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

With Lisa (Lili Taylor) still missing, mortality hangs heavily in the air as Six Feet Under begins its third-season finale. Simultaneously, however, romantic and sexual liaisons spring -- and cling -- to life. Brenda (Rachel Griffiths) enjoys a chaste, quirky date with a sexy neighbor, while Federico (Freddy Rodriguez) finds solace from his marital problems in the arms of a stripper, David (Michael C. Hall) reluctantly agrees to reconcile with Keith (Mathew St. Patrick), and a defiant Ruth (Frances Conroy) decides to marry George (James Cromwell) after all. Her announcement elicits a variety of negative reactions from her children. A distraught Nate (Peter Krause) drips with contempt, while diplomatic David says the timing is just bad. Pouty Claire (Lauren Ambrose) can't believe her mother would try to replace the late Nathaniel (Richard Jenkins) so suddenly. But as Claire embarks on a fanciful tour of the afterlife, her departed father tells her that her hang-ups about the impending nuptials are her own problem. While wandering around the great beyond, Claire encounters a variety of deceased characters -- including, to her surprise, ex-boyfriend Gabe (Eric Balfour) and her own recently aborted child, who's being cared for by Lisa herself. Whether Claire's wanderings are a dream or a visitation, one thing's for certain: Lisa really is dead. Nate receives a fateful phone call confirming that her nearly unidentifiable body has been discovered. Unaware of the news, his siblings reluctantly attend their mother's wedding while Nate drinks himself into a stupor and instigates a bar brawl. Bloody and broken, he nearly drunk-drives to his own death, but instead he turns to the one person he's been fleeing from all season: Brenda. Originally broadcast June 1, 2003, on HBO, "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost" marked season three, episode 13 of the made-for-cable drama. In addition to the show's typical corpse-of-the-week opening, a second white title card eventually appears to announce the death of "Lisa Kimmel Fisher, 1973-2003." ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

Relationships in flux is the theme for this episode of HBO's Six Feet Under. As Brenda (Rachel Griffiths) watches her self-absorbed parents (Joanna Cassidy and Robert Foxworth) renew their wedding vows, her own commitment to fiancé Nate (Peter Krause) teeters on the brink. Although she catches Nate reading racy passages from her novel-in-progress -- based on her recent sexual adventures (see "The Liar and the Whore") -- Brenda refuses to come clean with him about her compulsive cheating. This silence will come back to haunt her when Nate finds out about one of her escapades on his own. Elsewhere, Ruth (Frances Conroy) comes to some unhappy realizations about her clingy relationship with boyfriend Nikolai (Ed O'Ross); the epiphany comes, strangely enough, during a Sandra Bullock flick. As Claire (Lauren Ambrose) ponders enrolling in a local art school, her friendships with both Billy (Jeremy Sisto) and guidance counselor Gary (David Norona) continue to deepen. David (Michael C. Hall) and Keith (Mathew St. Patrick) take their relationship into the realm of parenthood as they meet with child welfare authorities in hopes of gaining legal guardianship of Keith's niece, Taylor (Aysia Polk). Meanwhile, as he prepares to bury a beloved neighbor lady, Federico (Freddy Rodriguez) learns that she has left him and wife Vanessa (Justina Machado) a considerable chunk of change. In flashbacks, Rico reminisces about the death of his own father and his subsequent first meeting with Nathaniel Fisher (Richard Jenkins). Finally, Ruth experiences a first meeting of her own when Lisa (Lili Taylor) calls and informs her of her grandmotherhood. "I'll Take You" marked season two, episode 12 of the made-for-cable drama. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi