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Kasoor
There is a useful directness to Kasoor, a thriller shaped by Vikram Bhatt with a firm understanding of its audience. In Kasoor, Divya Dutta provides the anchor while Lisa Ray introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Kasoor opens from this situation: Shekhar appoints Simran, a lawyer with an impeccable record, to represent him as he was accused of murdering his wife and soon she starts falling in love with him. The resulting its 2h 31m running ti
Aug 152 min read
The Happiness of the Katakuris
There is a useful directness to The Happiness of the Katakuris, a horror film shaped by Takashi Miike with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Happiness of the Katakuris, Kenji Sawada provides the anchor while Keiko Matsuzaka introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Happiness of the Katakuris opens from this situation: A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sud
Aug 153 min read
Wendigo
There is a useful directness to Wendigo, a horror film shaped by Larry Fessenden with a firm understanding of its audience. In Wendigo, Patricia Clarkson provides the anchor while Jake Weber introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Wendigo opens from this situation: The legend of the Wendigo, a beast from Indian folklore who is half man, half deer, and can change itself at will. The resulting its 1h 31m running time feels most convincing wheneve
Aug 152 min read
The Swamp
There is a useful directness to The Swamp, a comedy shaped by Lucrecia Martel with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Swamp, Mercedes Morán provides the anchor while Graciela Borges introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Swamp opens from this situation: The life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina. The resulting its 1h 43m running time feels most convincing whenever The Swamp trusts beha
Aug 152 min read
The Shaft
There is a useful directness to The Shaft, a horror film shaped by Dick Maas with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Shaft, James Marshall provides the anchor while Naomi Watts introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Shaft opens from this situation: When the elevators in New York's 102 story Millennium Building start to malfunction, mechanic Mark Newman is sent to find the cause. The resulting its 1h 51m running time feels most co
Aug 153 min read
Nobody's Baby
There is a useful directness to Nobody's Baby, a comedy shaped by David Seltzer with a firm understanding of its audience. In Nobody's Baby, Skeet Ulrich provides the anchor while Gary Oldman introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Nobody's Baby opens from this situation: An outlaw, a waitress and her misfit neighbor come upon a baby in the midst of car wreckage. The resulting its 1h 50m running time feels most convincing whenever Nobody's Baby
Aug 153 min read
Dil Chahta Hai
There is a useful directness to Dil Chahta Hai, a comedy shaped by Farhan Akhtar with a firm understanding of its audience. In Dil Chahta Hai, Aamir Khan provides the anchor while Saif Ali Khan introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Dil Chahta Hai opens from this situation: Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. The resulting its 3h 3m running time feels most convincing whenever Dil Chahta Hai trusts behaviour more than e
Aug 153 min read
To End All Wars
There is a useful directness to To End All Wars, an action film shaped by David L. Cunningham with a firm understanding of its audience. In To End All Wars, Robert Carlyle provides the anchor while Kiefer Sutherland introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, To End All Wars opens from this situation: During World War II, four Allied POWs endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese j
Aug 153 min read
I Love You Too
There is a useful directness to I Love You Too, a romance shaped by Ruud van Hemert with a firm understanding of its audience. In I Love You Too, Antonie Kamerling provides the anchor while Angela Schijf introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, I Love You Too opens from this situation: Reza explodes into the boring life of writer Eric, she's unpredictable and intense. The resulting its 1h 39m running time feels most convincing whenever I Love Yo
Aug 153 min read
Disco Pigs
There is a useful directness to Disco Pigs, a crime drama shaped by Kirsten Sheridan with a firm understanding of its audience. In Disco Pigs, Elaine Cassidy provides the anchor while Cillian Murphy introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Disco Pigs opens from this situation: Pig and Runt born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. The resulting its 1h 33m running time feels most convincing whenever Disco Pigs trusts behaviour mo
Aug 152 min read
Sleepless
There is a useful directness to Sleepless, a horror film shaped by Dario Argento with a firm understanding of its audience. In Sleepless, Max von Sydow provides the anchor while Stefano Dionisi introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Sleepless opens from this situation: A retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer who's resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17 year period. The resulting its 1h
Aug 153 min read
Sound of the Sea
There is a useful directness to Sound of the Sea, a romance shaped by Bigas Luna with a firm understanding of its audience. In Sound of the Sea, Jordi Mollà provides the anchor while Leonor Watling introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Sound of the Sea opens from this situation: A new literature teacher, Ulises, comes to a small town near the sea and falls in love with a young woman, Martina. The resulting its 1h 35m running time feels most c
Aug 153 min read
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