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Eat This New York
There is a useful directness to Eat This New York, a documentary shaped by Kate Novack with a firm understanding of its audience. In Eat This New York, Daniel Boulud provides the anchor while Rocco DiSpirito introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Eat This New York opens from this situation: Two best friends from Minneapolis struggle to open a restaurant in the food capital of the world, as the city's legendary chefs and restaurateurs reflect o
Aug 153 min read
Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei
There is a useful directness to Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei, a romance shaped by Theodoros Angelopoulos with a firm understanding of its audience. In Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei, Alexandra Aidini provides the anchor while Nikos Poursanidis introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei opens from this situation: The story starts in 1919 with some Greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki
Aug 153 min read
Brodeuses
There is a useful directness to Brodeuses, a romance shaped by Éléonore Faucher with a firm understanding of its audience. In Brodeuses, Ariane Ascaride provides the anchor while Lola Naymark introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Brodeuses opens from this situation: Claire (Nymark), an unmarried pregnant teenager, finds an odd relation in Madame Mélikian (Ascaride), an older woman grieving over the death of her son. The resulting its 1h 29m r
Aug 152 min read
Machuca
There is a useful directness to Machuca, a biographical drama shaped by Andrés Wood with a firm understanding of its audience. In Machuca, Matías Quer provides the anchor while Ariel Mateluna introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Machuca opens from this situation: Two 12 year old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. The resulting its 2h 1m running time feels most convincing whenever Machuca trusts behaviour m
Aug 153 min read
Cape of Good Hope
There is a useful directness to Cape of Good Hope, a comedy shaped by Mark Bamford with a firm understanding of its audience. In Cape of Good Hope, Debbie Brown provides the anchor while Farouk Valley Omar introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Cape of Good Hope opens from this situation: A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined. The resulting its 1h 47m running time feels most convincing whenever Cape of Good Hope
Aug 153 min read
Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
There is a useful directness to Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank, a documentary shaped by Gerald Fox with a firm understanding of its audience. In Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank, Robert Frank provides the anchor while June Leaf introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank opens from this situation: A documentary on the photographer Robert Frank. The res
Aug 153 min read
Superstar in a Housedress
There is a useful directness to Superstar in a Housedress, a documentary shaped by Craig Highberger with a firm understanding of its audience. In Superstar in a Housedress, Peter Allen provides the anchor while Paul Ambrose introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Superstar in a Housedress opens from this situation: "Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. The resulting its 1h 35m running time feels most convincing whenever Superstar in a Housedress
Aug 153 min read
Eternal
There is a useful directness to Eternal, a horror film shaped by Wilhelm Liebenberg with a firm understanding of its audience. In Eternal, Caroline Néron provides the anchor while Sarah Manninen introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Eternal opens from this situation: Detective Raymond Pope is a detective of questionable morals, searching for his missing wife. The resulting its 1h 47m running time feels most convincing whenever Eternal trusts
Aug 153 min read
Guys and Balls
There is a useful directness to Guys and Balls, a comedy shaped by Sherry Hormann with a firm understanding of its audience. In Guys and Balls, Maximilian Brückner provides the anchor while Lisa Maria Potthoff introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Guys and Balls opens from this situation: After their most recent loss, a soccer team discovers its goalie is gay and casts him out. The resulting its 1h 46m running time feels most convincing whene
Aug 153 min read
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
There is a useful directness to The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, a drama shaped by Asia Argento with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, Asia Argento provides the anchor while Dylan Sprouse introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things opens from this situation: Seven year old Jeremiah is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the roa
Aug 153 min read
The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes
There is a useful directness to The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes, an animated adventure shaped by Stephen Quay with a firm understanding of its audience. In The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes, Amira Casar provides the anchor while Gottfried John introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes opens from this situation: Dark fairy tale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into
Aug 153 min read
Or (My Treasure)
There is a useful directness to Or (My Treasure), a romance shaped by Keren Yedaya with a firm understanding of its audience. In Or (My Treasure), Dana Ivgy provides the anchor while Ronit Elkabetz introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Or (My Treasure) opens from this situation: Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning
Aug 153 min read
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