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Me Without You
Me Without You begins with an appealing promise: Sandra Goldbacher will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Anna Friel and Michelle Williams gives Me Without You an immediate pulse. The story of Me Without You begins from a specific pressure point: Two best friends grow up on the Isle of Wight and in Brighton in the 1970s and 1980s. By the end of its 1h 47m running time, the value of Me Without You r
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Lost and Delirious
Lost and Delirious begins with an appealing promise: Léa Pool will treat its romance framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Piper Perabo and Jessica Paré gives Lost and Delirious an immediate pulse. The story of Lost and Delirious begins from a specific pressure point: After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. By the end of its 1h 43m running tim
Aug 153 min read
Intacto
Intacto begins with an appealing promise: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo will treat its thriller framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Max von Sydow and Eusebio Poncela gives Intacto an immediate pulse. The story of Intacto begins from a specific pressure point: In a world where luck can be taken from a lucky person by a luckier person's touch, a small group of lucky people compete to be the luckiest and for the other contes
Aug 153 min read
Never Again
Never Again begins with an appealing promise: Eric Schaeffer will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jeffrey Tambor and Jill Clayburgh gives Never Again an immediate pulse. The story of Never Again begins from a specific pressure point: Two people who have pledged never to fall in love again then discover each other in a gay bar. By the end of its 1h 38m running time, the value of Never Again rests
Aug 153 min read
Elling
Elling begins with an appealing promise: Petter Næss will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Per Christian Ellefsen and Sven Nordin gives Elling an immediate pulse. The story of Elling begins from a specific pressure point: When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, sensitive would be poet Elling is sent to live in a state institution. By the end of its 1h 29m running time, t
Aug 152 min read
Bride of the Wind
Bride of the Wind begins with an appealing promise: Bruce Beresford will treat its romance framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Sarah Wynter and Vincent Perez gives Bride of the Wind an immediate pulse. The story of Bride of the Wind begins from a specific pressure point: This movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar K
Aug 153 min read
The Safety of Objects
The Safety of Objects begins with an appealing promise: Rose Troche will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Glenn Close and Dermot Mulroney gives The Safety of Objects an immediate pulse. The story of The Safety of Objects begins from a specific pressure point: Meet four neighboring, suburban families, each with their own problems. By the end of its 2h 1m running time, the value of The Safety of Obj
Aug 153 min read
Lawless Heart
Lawless Heart begins with an appealing promise: Tom Hunsinger will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Douglas Henshall and Tom Hollander gives Lawless Heart an immediate pulse. The story of Lawless Heart begins from a specific pressure point: Three intersecting stories about people whose lives are affected by the death of a gay restaurateur. By the end of its 1h 40m running time, the value of Lawle
Aug 153 min read
The Lady and the Duke
The Lady and the Duke begins with an appealing promise: Éric Rohmer will treat its romance framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Lucy Russell and Jean Claude Dreyfus gives The Lady and the Duke an immediate pulse. The story of The Lady and the Duke begins from a specific pressure point: During the French Revolution, a Scottish aristocrat and her former lover, the Duke of Orleans, find themselves on opposite sides of t
Aug 153 min read
Wooly Boys
Wooly Boys begins with an appealing promise: Leszek Burzynski will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Peter Fonda and Kris Kristofferson gives Wooly Boys an immediate pulse. The story of Wooly Boys begins from a specific pressure point: A sheep rancher's visit to the big city triggers a mischevious adventure with his teenage computer whiz grandson. By the end of its 1h 39m running time, the value o
Aug 152 min read
American Adobo
American Adobo begins with an appealing promise: Laurice Guillen will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Traci Ann Wolfe and Christopher De Leon gives American Adobo an immediate pulse. The story of American Adobo begins from a specific pressure point: A humorous and heartwarming slice of life story about family and friends, dealing with the everyday struggles of people trying to bridge two culture
Aug 153 min read
Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers begins with an appealing promise: Gregor Jordan will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Joaquin Phoenix and Anna Paquin gives Buffalo Soldiers an immediate pulse. The story of Buffalo Soldiers begins from a specific pressure point: A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall. By the end of its 1h 38m running t
Aug 153 min read
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