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There is a useful directness to Kriegerin des Lichts, a documentary shaped by Monika Treut with a firm understanding of its audience. In Kriegerin des Lichts, Yvonne Bezerra de Mello provides the anchor while Álvaro Bezerra de Mello introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Kriegerin des Lichts opens from this situation: Documentary about artist Yvonne Bezzerra de Mello, a human rights activist and her work with homeless boys in Rio de Janeiro. T

There is a useful directness to Ordinary Sinner, a romance shaped by John Henry Davis with a firm understanding of its audience. In Ordinary Sinner, Brendan Hines provides the anchor while Elizabeth Banks introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Ordinary Sinner opens from this situation: Three friends encounter violence and bigotry in a small college town. The resulting its 1h 31m running time feels most convincing whenever Ordinary Sinner trust

There is a useful directness to The Painting, a romance shaped by Peter Manoogian with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Painting, Clifton Davis provides the anchor while Charles Shaughnessy introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Painting opens from this situation: A black man is opposed to his sister's falling in love with a white man. The resulting its 1h 37m running time feels most convincing whenever The Painting trusts beha

There is a useful directness to Hera Purple, a horror film shaped by Kil chae Jeong with a firm understanding of its audience. In Hera Purple, Lee Se chang provides the anchor while Chang Kim introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Hera Purple opens from this situation: A race against time as a group of detectives must unlock the secret behind a series of bizarre murders being committed by a beautiful woman, a nymph who seduces men and kills th

There is a useful directness to My Kingdom, a crime drama shaped by Don Boyd with a firm understanding of its audience. In My Kingdom, Richard Harris provides the anchor while Lynn Redgrave introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, My Kingdom opens from this situation: A modern story, inspired by King Lear, set in contemporary Liverpool. The resulting its 1h 57m running time feels most convincing whenever My Kingdom trusts behaviour more than exp

There is a useful directness to Sia, the Dream of the Python, a drama shaped by Dani Kouyaté with a firm understanding of its audience. In Sia, the Dream of the Python, Fatoumata Diawara provides the anchor while Sotigui Kouyaté introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Sia, the Dream of the Python opens from this situation: Every year the most beautiful girl will be sacrificed to the Python God. The resulting its 1h 36m running time feels most c

There is a useful directness to Kira's Reason: A Love Story, a drama shaped by Ole Christian Madsen with a firm understanding of its audience. In Kira's Reason: A Love Story, Stine Stengade provides the anchor while Lars Mikkelsen introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Kira's Reason: A Love Story opens from this situation: Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really rea

There is a useful directness to Gaudi Afternoon, a comedy shaped by Susan Seidelman with a firm understanding of its audience. In Gaudi Afternoon, Judy Davis provides the anchor while Marcia Gay Harden introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Gaudi Afternoon opens from this situation: Alone in a foreign city, Cassandra must solve a family's darkest, deepest secrets before she can confront her own past. The resulting its 1h 37m running time feels

There is a useful directness to Pursuit of Happiness, a comedy shaped by John Putch with a firm understanding of its audience. In Pursuit of Happiness, Frank Whaley provides the anchor while Annabeth Gish introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Pursuit of Happiness opens from this situation: An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co worker. The res

There is a useful directness to No Turning Back, a thriller shaped by Julia Montejo with a firm understanding of its audience. In No Turning Back, Jesus Nebot provides the anchor while Chelsea Rendon introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, No Turning Back opens from this situation: A Honduran English literature professor who migrates illegally to Southern California with his 6 year old daughter after his wife is killed in Hurricane Mitch. The r

There is a useful directness to In the Mirror of Maya Deren, a documentary shaped by Martina Kudlácek with a firm understanding of its audience. In In the Mirror of Maya Deren, Miriam Arsham provides the anchor while Stan Brakhage introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, In the Mirror of Maya Deren opens from this situation: Documentary about the life of avant garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s. The re

There is a useful directness to Suspended Animation, a thriller shaped by John D. Hancock with a firm understanding of its audience. In Suspended Animation, Alex McArthur provides the anchor while Rebecca Harrell Tickell introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Suspended Animation opens from this situation: Animator Thomas Kempton gets more than he bargained for when a snowmobile trip turns to terror in the wilds of Northern Michigan. The result