Rod McLachlan

Mel Gibson is a New York cabbie whose fascination with "conspiracies" in everyday life enmeshes him and a Justice Department attorney (Roberts) in a dangerous situation when one of his paranoid theories may indeed be true. (Warner Bros.)

A desperate housewife discovers her husband is having an affair and kidnaps his unsuspecting mistress, but what starts as a prank quickly spirals out of control. (imdb)

She's Kathy, a cartoonist; he's David, teaching English to new immigrants. It's New York City, with 29 shopping days left until Christmas, and they're in love. Or are they? Their romance has been on-again, off-again because David can't bring himself to say, "I love you." He can say it in French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, but not English. So when she learns that he's applied for a job in Ho Chi Minh City, she asks for breathing room until Christmas.

Two middle-aged women, from very different backgrounds, become lovers and process lesbian identity in a culture that glorifies youth and heterosexual romance.