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There is a useful directness to Princesses, a drama shaped by Fernando León de Aranoa with a firm understanding of its audience. In Princesses, Candela Peña provides the anchor while Micaela Nevárez introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Princesses opens from this situation: Friendship and love in the world of prostitution in Madrid. The resulting its 1h 49m running time feels most convincing whenever Princesses trusts behaviour more than expl

There is a useful directness to Standing Still, a comedy shaped by Matthew Cole Weiss with a firm understanding of its audience. In Standing Still, Jon Abrahams provides the anchor while Amy Adams introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Standing Still opens from this situation: A popular yet drunken actor reconnects with a group of his college friends for a wedding several years after graduation. The resulting its 1h 30m running time feels most

There is a useful directness to Going Shopping, a romance shaped by Henry Jaglom with a firm understanding of its audience. In Going Shopping, Victoria Foyt provides the anchor while Rob Morrow introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Going Shopping opens from this situation: A clothing designer tries to save her struggling boutique store by having a tumultuous weekend sale of her shop's inventory by playing on the addictions of shopping for the

There is a useful directness to Reel Paradise, a documentary shaped by Steve James with a firm understanding of its audience. In Reel Paradise, Georgia Pierson provides the anchor while Janet Pierson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Reel Paradise opens from this situation: Former indie film "guru" John Pierson takes his family to Fiji for one year to run the world's most remote movie theater. The resulting its 1h 50m running time feels m

There is a useful directness to Free Zone, a comedy shaped by Amos Gitai with a firm understanding of its audience. In Free Zone, Natalie Portman provides the anchor while Hana Laslo introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Free Zone opens from this situation: Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. The resulting its 1h 30m running time feels most convincing whenever Free Zone trusts behaviour more than e

There is a useful directness to Smile, a drama shaped by Jeffrey Kramer with a firm understanding of its audience. In Smile, Mika Boorem provides the anchor while Yi Ding introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Smile opens from this situation: High school student Katie signs up for a trip to China, where she meets Lin, who has a facial deformity that discourages her from ever showing her face, but her friendship with Katie helps her start to se

There is a useful directness to Loverboy, a romance shaped by Kevin Bacon with a firm understanding of its audience. In Loverboy, Kyra Sedgwick provides the anchor while Dominic Scott Kay introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Loverboy opens from this situation: A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much. The resulting its 1h 24m running time feels most convinc

There is a useful directness to Sisters in Law, a documentary shaped by Florence Ayisi with a firm understanding of its audience. In Sisters in Law, Vera Ngassa provides the anchor while Beatrice Ntuba introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Sisters in Law opens from this situation: Set in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge. The resulting its 1h 44m running time feels most co

There is a useful directness to Swimmers, a drama shaped by Doug Sadler with a firm understanding of its audience. In Swimmers, Tara Devon Gallagher provides the anchor while Sarah Paulson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Swimmers opens from this situation: After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11 year old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her. The resulting its 1h 30m running time feels most convincin

There is a useful directness to Mozart and the Whale, a comedy shaped by Petter Næss with a firm understanding of its audience. In Mozart and the Whale, Josh Hartnett provides the anchor while Radha Mitchell introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Mozart and the Whale opens from this situation: A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship. The resulting its 1h

There is a useful directness to Dirty Love, a comedy shaped by John Asher with a firm understanding of its audience. In Dirty Love, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg provides the anchor while Eddie Kaye Thomas introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Dirty Love opens from this situation: A jilted photographer goes on a mission to get back at her philandering model boyfriend and along the way discovers that not all love is created equal. The resulting its

There is a useful directness to Man Push Cart, a drama shaped by Ramin Bahrani with a firm understanding of its audience. In Man Push Cart, Ahmad Razvi provides the anchor while Leticia Dolera introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Man Push Cart opens from this situation: A night in the life of a former Pakistani rock star who now sells coffee from his push cart on the streets of Manhattan. The resulting its 1h 27m running time feels most conv