Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Finding Forrester

Take a literary turn with two Gus Van Sant films: an entertaining adaptation of a Tom Robbins novel and a contemporary tale about a reclusive writer turned mentor.

Van Sant's adaptation of Tom Robbins's counterculture classic, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues stars Uma Thurman as big-thumbed Sissy Hankshaw, the "successful feminine hygiene model." With Keanu Reeves, Rain Phoenix, and Ken Kesey. (1993; 97 mins.)

Starring Sean Connery and newcomer Rob Brown, Finding Forrester tells of the bond formed between a reclusive, Salinger-like author and a young student from the South Bronx whom he chooses to mentor. With Anna Paquin and Busta Rhymes. (2000; 136 mins.)