Showtime Women: February 9, 2010

6:40AM
Letting Go of God
Actress and comic Julia Sweeney chronicles her tumultuous journey of faith from lapsed Catholic recommitting to the church to Buddhist, New Age mystic, and finally atheist whose philosophical transformation upsets her family in this fascinating one-woman stage show that follows up her acclaimed "God Said, 'Ha!'"
9:00AM
Watching the Detectives
A film fan who owns a cult video store and pines for a more adventurous life like that in his favorite movies gets way more than he bargained for when he falls for a gorgeous, real-life femme fatale. Cillian Murphy and Lucy Liu star in this romantic comedy from director Paul Soter of the "Broken Lizard" comedy troupe.
10:35AM
Foxes
Director Adrian Lyne's poignant social study focuses on the lives of four teenage girls sharing an apartment and trying to make sense out of life in California's San Fernando Valley. Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman and Randy Quaid star.
12:30PM
Tim
A handsome but mentally challenged day laborer's relationship with the friendly older woman who regularly employs him becomes fodder for malicious gossip in this acclaimed drama, the remarkable acting debut of Mel Gibson. Piper Laurie costars in this adaptation of the novel by Colleen McCullough.
2:25PM
Smooth Talk
Critically acclaimed drama about a flirtatious teen (Laura Dern) who attracts a no-account (Treat Williams). Based on a short story by Joyce Carol Oates and costarring Mary Kay Place and Levon Helm.
4:00PM
Marine Life
Cybill Shepherd stars in this comedy drama about a twice-divorced mother clinging to her lounge singer aspirations and fading beauty while her much-younger lover cheats has a youthful dalliance of his own and her adolescent daughter observes her dysfunctional family with an increasingly jaundiced eye. Peter Outerbridge, Alexandra Purvis, Gabrielle Miller and Michael Hogan costar.
5:40PM
All Together Now
A behind-the-scenes documentary look at the production of the Las Vegas stage production "LOVE," a musical created in a unique partnership between Cirque du Soleil and a certain legendary rock band.
7:05PM
Forbidden Lie$
Documentary filmmaker Anna Broinowski attempts to sort fact from fiction in the fact-based account of writer Norma Khouri and her incendiary 2003 bestseller "Forbidden Love," which purported to tell the true story of the author's best friend, a Jordanian woman slain by her own father in an "honor killing" under Islamic law for falling in love with an American Christian serving in the United States Army. Critics charge Khouri with creating a literary hoax, while cameras follow her to Jordan in an attempt to prove her story's veracity.
9:00PM
The Baby Dance
Trailer park parents agree to give up their baby for adoption to an upwardly mobile couple, but class tensions threaten the arrangement. Laura Dern, Stockard Channing and Peter Riegert star in this acclaimed original drama produced by Jodie Foster and nominated for four Emmy Awards.
10:35PM
Letting Go of God
Actress and comic Julia Sweeney chronicles her tumultuous journey of faith from lapsed Catholic recommitting to the church to Buddhist, New Age mystic, and finally atheist whose philosophical transformation upsets her family in this fascinating one-woman stage show that follows up her acclaimed "God Said, 'Ha!'"
1:00AM
Sex and Death 101
Rod Blank (Simon Baker) is a man on the verge of marital bliss, until he receives a mysterious email containing the names of every woman he's ever slept with...and every woman he ever will. Determined to discover the source of this cryptic list, Rod soon meets the enigmatic Death Nell (Winona Ryder), further piquing his curiosity. Patton Oswalt and Leslie Bibb costar in this black comedy from writer and director Daniel Waters.
3:00AM
Virgin Territory
A young Florentine woman tries to escape her betrothal and the plague with a sojourn at a country nunnery, but is pursued by her handsome true love, her royal Russian groom-to-be, and a wealthy aristocrat trying to maneuver her financially into marriage. Mischa Barton, Hayden Christensen and Tim Roth star in this spirited period comedy inspired by Boccaccio's "Decameron."
4:40AM
Tim
A handsome but mentally challenged day laborer's relationship with the friendly older woman who regularly employs him becomes fodder for malicious gossip in this acclaimed drama, the remarkable acting debut of Mel Gibson. Piper Laurie costars in this adaptation of the novel by Colleen McCullough.

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