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There is a useful directness to Seven Days, a comedy shaped by Fernando Kalife with a firm understanding of its audience. In Seven Days, Eduardo Arroyuelo provides the anchor while Martha Higareda introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Seven Days opens from this situation: Claudio Caballero decides to gamble $500,000 dollars in a desperate attempt to raise the cash necessary to bring the world's biggest band (U2) to Mexico. The resulting its 1

There is a useful directness to Film Geek, a comedy shaped by James Westby with a firm understanding of its audience. In Film Geek, Melik Malkasian provides the anchor while Ritah Parrish introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Film Geek opens from this situation: The story of Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk who gets fired from his job and becomes a sensation as an online film critic. The resulting its 1h 18m running time feels

There is a useful directness to Cruel World, a horror film shaped by Kelsey T. Howard with a firm understanding of its audience. In Cruel World, Edward Furlong provides the anchor while Daniel Franzese introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Cruel World opens from this situation: Reeling from his dismissal from a reality show, a deranged runner up holds a group of co eds hostage on the set of his own fictitious show, where losers suffer a deadl

There is a useful directness to The Reception, a comedy shaped by John G. Young with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Reception, Maggie Burkwit provides the anchor while Chris Burmester introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Reception opens from this situation: The complex relationship between a wealthy French woman and her best friend a, gay black American, is thrown into turmoil when her estranged daughter comes to visit them

There is a useful directness to Mr Ya Miss, a comedy shaped by Antara Mali with a firm understanding of its audience. In Mr Ya Miss, Antara Mali provides the anchor while Riteish Deshmukh introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Mr Ya Miss opens from this situation: When a womanizer is accidentally struck dead by one of his many girlfriends, he is given a second chance he is reincarnated as a WOMAN. The resulting its 2h 16m running time feels mo

There is a useful directness to Favela Rising, a documentary shaped by Matt Mochary with a firm understanding of its audience. In Favela Rising, Andre Luis Azevedo provides the anchor while José Júnior introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Favela Rising opens from this situation: A man emerges from the slums of Rio to lead the nonviolent cultural movement known as Afro reggae. The resulting its 1h 20m running time feels most convincing whenev

There is a useful directness to L'iceberg, a comedy shaped by Dominique Abel with a firm understanding of its audience. In L'iceberg, Lucy Tulugarjuk provides the anchor while Fiona Gordon introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, L'iceberg opens from this situation: Fiona, Julien and their two clone like children live a life appropriate to the robots they have become, in a style less, cheerless suburb somewhere in the flatlands of French speakin

There is a useful directness to State of Fear, a documentary shaped by Pamela Yates with a firm understanding of its audience. In State of Fear, the lead performer provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, State of Fear opens from this situation: State of Fear dramatizes the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it embarks on a war against terror, a war potentially without end

There is a useful directness to Zizek!, a documentary shaped by Astra Taylor with a firm understanding of its audience. In Zizek!, Slavoj Zizek provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Zizek! opens from this situation: A look at the controversial author, philosopher and candidate for Slovenian presidency: Slavoj Zizek. The resulting its 1h 11m running time feels most convincing wheneve

There is a useful directness to London, a romance shaped by Hunter Richards with a firm understanding of its audience. In London, Jessica Biel provides the anchor while Chris Evans introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, London opens from this situation: At a drug laden party in a New York loft, a young man tries to win back his ex girlfriend. The resulting its 1h 32m running time feels most convincing whenever London trusts behaviour more than

There is a useful directness to The Secret Life of Words, a romance shaped by Isabel Coixet with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Secret Life of Words, Sarah Polley provides the anchor while Tim Robbins introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Secret Life of Words opens from this situation: A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffer

There is a useful directness to The Last Dispatch, a documentary shaped by Helmut Schleppi with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Last Dispatch, Brad Corrigan provides the anchor while Pete Francis introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Last Dispatch opens from this situation: This feature documentary chronicles the last days of Dispatch, quite possibly the biggest band that never signed with a record label. The resulting its 1h