Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Jennifer Jason Leigh portrays the inimitable poet and essayist Dorothy Parker through her triumphs and trials as a fixture of Manhattan's legendary literary cadre known as the Algonquin Round Table. With an ensemble cast featuring Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher and Gwyneth Paltrow, this chronicle of one of the Prohibition era's wittiest and most tragic intellects was nominated for a Golden Globe and a Palme d'Or at Cannes.