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There is a useful directness to Naked Fame, a documentary shaped by Christopher Long with a firm understanding of its audience. In Naked Fame, Colton Ford provides the anchor while Chi Chi LaRue introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Naked Fame opens from this situation: Former Colt model and porn star Colton Ford left the skin flick business at 40 to return to a musical career along with his partner Blake Harper. The resulting its 1h 25m runn

There is a useful directness to Lbs., a comedy shaped by Matthew Bonifacio with a firm understanding of its audience. In Lbs., Carmine Famiglietti provides the anchor while Michael Aronov introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Lbs. opens from this situation: A 315 pound man decides to kick his food addiction by moving to the country. The resulting its 1h 39m running time feels most convincing whenever Lbs. trusts behaviour more than explanatio

There is a useful directness to A Fond Kiss, a romance shaped by Ken Loach with a firm understanding of its audience. In A Fond Kiss, Atta Yaqub provides the anchor while Eva Birthistle introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, A Fond Kiss opens from this situation: Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Asian man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman. The resulting its 1h 44m running time feels most convincing whenever A Fon

There is a useful directness to WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception, a documentary shaped by Danny Schechter with a firm understanding of its audience. In WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception, Peter Arnett provides the anchor while George W. Bush introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception opens from this situation: There were two wars in Iraq a military assault and a media war. The resulting its 1h 38m running time feels most c

There is a useful directness to Down to the Bone, a drama shaped by Debra Granik with a firm understanding of its audience. In Down to the Bone, Vera Farmiga provides the anchor while Hugh Dillon introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Down to the Bone opens from this situation: A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. The resulting its 1h 44m running time feels most convincing whenever

There is a useful directness to The Take, a documentary shaped by Avi Lewis with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Take, Matilde Adorno provides the anchor while Michel Camadessus introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Take opens from this situation: In the wake of Argentina's economics collapse of 2001, factory workers break into abandoned factories and restart production. The resulting its 1h 27m running time feels most convin

There is a useful directness to The Raspberry Reich, a comedy shaped by Bruce LaBruce with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Raspberry Reich, Susanne Sachße provides the anchor while Daniel Bätscher introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Raspberry Reich opens from this situation: A left wing terrorist group, consisting of several homosexual men and a female leader, kidnaps the son of a wealthy industrialist. The resulting its 1h

There is a useful directness to Gilles' Wife, a drama shaped by Frédéric Fonteyne with a firm understanding of its audience. In Gilles' Wife, Emmanuelle Devos provides the anchor while Clovis Cornillac introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Gilles' Wife opens from this situation: Gilles' wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him, suspects during her third pregnancy that he is having an af

There is a useful directness to Keane, a thriller shaped by Lodge Kerrigan with a firm understanding of its audience. In Keane, Damian Lewis provides the anchor while Liza Colón Zayas introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Keane opens from this situation: A disheveled man desperately searches New York City for his young daughter. The resulting its 1h 40m running time feels most convincing whenever Keane trusts behaviour more than explanation.

There is a useful directness to Kamikaze Girls, a comedy shaped by Tetsuya Nakashima with a firm understanding of its audience. In Kamikaze Girls, Kyôko Fukada provides the anchor while Anna Tsuchiya introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Kamikaze Girls opens from this situation: Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual

There is a useful directness to Anatomy of Hell, a drama shaped by Catherine Breillat with a firm understanding of its audience. In Anatomy of Hell, Amira Casar provides the anchor while Rocco Siffredi introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Anatomy of Hell opens from this situation: A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable". The resulting its 1h 17m running time feels most convincing when

There is a useful directness to Campfire, a drama shaped by Joseph Cedar with a firm understanding of its audience. In Campfire, Michaela Eshet provides the anchor while Hani Furstenberg introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Campfire opens from this situation: The story of one woman's personal battle for acceptance, but also a portrait of a political movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East. The resulting its 1h