Shawn Hatosy

SHAWN HATOSY / ACTOR It's one thing to be in a Farrelly brothers movie. It's another to play a role based on the brothers' own youth. That's Shawn Hatosy's task in "Outside Providence," the adaptation of Peter Farrelly's autobiographical novel. Coming up, Hatosy, 23, is with Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon in Wayne Wang's "Anywhere but Here" and Nick Nolte and Sharon Stone in "Simpatico." SOMETHING ABOUT THEM: "This is a tough movie to market. I'm a little nervous.

SHAWN HATOSY / ACTOR It's one thing to be in a Farrelly brothers movie. It's another to play a role based on the brothers' own youth. That's Shawn Hatosy's task in "Outside Providence," the adaptation of Peter Farrelly's autobiographical novel. Coming up, Hatosy, 23, is with Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon in Wayne Wang's "Anywhere but Here" and Nick Nolte and Sharon Stone in "Simpatico." SOMETHING ABOUT THEM: "This is a tough movie to market. I'm a little nervous.

"Then She Found Me," which stars Oscar winner Helen Hunt and also marks the actress' feature film directorial debut, will be one of 25 movies screening at the city of Calabasas' 10th annual Method Fest Independent Film Festival, which runs Thursday through April 3. Also in the lineup are "The Stone Angel" with Ellen Burstyn, "The Visitor" with Richard Jenkins, "The Cake Eaters" with Bruce Dern and "Familiar Strangers" with Shawn Hatosy. Screenings are at the Louis B. Mayer Theatre at the Motion Picture & Television Fund in Woodland Hills and the Carlson Family Theatre at Viewpoint School in Calabasas.

"I'm tired of being a freak," transgender nightclub performer Calpernia Addams says at one point in "Soldier's Girl." The freaks instead are two soldiers locked away in Ft. Leavenworth after the murder of Addams' lover, Pfc. Barry Winchell, as he lay sleeping in a corridor of his barracks. Their sweet, tender, sexy romance, and its tragic consequences, are the essence of this haunting, troubling Showtime film ripped from 1999 headlines.

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"Nobel Son" loosely straps a story of family disappointment and academic jealousy to a juiced-up caper flick and then speeds off on its way. What comes next is a movie with moments of vengeance-filled enjoyment but also a sense of tonal haphazardness. You can't blame co-writer-director Randall Miller ("Bottle Shock") for wanting to have flashy criminal fun with his setup.

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As an adult, Irishman Brendan Behan was known for two things, the vivid plays he wrote ("The Quare Fellow," "The Hostage") and the commotions he caused when he was inebriated, which was often. A self-described "drinker with a writing problem," he died at age 41; his funeral is said to have been Dublin's largest since that of the great hero of independence, Michael Collins.

"Outside Providence" is a coming-of-age story of exceptional warmth and humor that represents a felicitous teaming of writer-director Michael Corrente and the brothers Farrelly, Peter and Bobby. Corrente's gift for evoking the lives of blue-collar men that made his debut film, "Federal Hill," so appealing blends perfectly with the antic sensibility of the Farrellys.