A freelance illustrator in New York suffers a quarter-life crisis and leaves his home for the west coast.

An intern's first day at an office run by a deranged, highly-abusive boss.

In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.