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Summer Palace
There is a useful directness to Summer Palace, a romance shaped by Ye Lou with a firm understanding of its audience. In Summer Palace, Lei Hao provides the anchor while Xiaodong Guo introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Summer Palace opens from this situation: Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The resulting its 2h 38m running time
Aug 153 min read
Dans Paris
There is a useful directness to Dans Paris, a romance shaped by Christophe Honoré with a firm understanding of its audience. In Dans Paris, Romain Duris provides the anchor while Louis Garrel introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Dans Paris opens from this situation: After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul (Romain Duris) sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. The resulting its 1h 2
Aug 153 min read
D' Lucky Ones!
There is a useful directness to D' Lucky Ones!, a comedy shaped by Wenn V. Deramas with a firm understanding of its audience. In D' Lucky Ones!, Sandara Park provides the anchor while Joseph Bitangcol introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, D' Lucky Ones! opens from this situation: Tina (Eugene Domingo) and Lea (Pokwang) are best friends who are also avid fans of Vilma Santos. The resulting its 1h 46m running time feels most convincing whenever
Aug 153 min read
Even Money
There is a useful directness to Even Money, a crime drama shaped by Mark Rydell with a firm understanding of its audience. In Even Money, Kim Basinger provides the anchor while Forest Whitaker introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Even Money opens from this situation: Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives. The resulting its 1h 53m running time feels most convinci
Aug 153 min read
Right at Your Door
There is a useful directness to Right at Your Door, a thriller shaped by Chris Gorak with a firm understanding of its audience. In Right at Your Door, Mary McCormack provides the anchor while Rory Cochrane introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Right at Your Door opens from this situation: A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud. The resulting its 1h 36m running time feels most convincing whenever Rig
Aug 153 min read
My Brother
There is a useful directness to My Brother, a drama shaped by Anthony Lover with a firm understanding of its audience. In My Brother, Vanessa Williams provides the anchor while Tatum O'Neal introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, My Brother opens from this situation: My Brother is an inner city story of two impoverished boys and mother, L'Tisha, finds herself in a tragic situation. The resulting its 1h 40m running time feels most convincing whe
Aug 153 min read
Absolute Wilson
There is a useful directness to Absolute Wilson, a documentary shaped by Katharina Otto Bernstein with a firm understanding of its audience. In Absolute Wilson, Robert Wilson provides the anchor while Arnold Aronson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Absolute Wilson opens from this situation: From director, Katharina Otto Bernstein, a provocative and moving documentary on the life and work of Robert Wilson, one of the most visionary and co
Aug 153 min read
Diggers
There is a useful directness to Diggers, a comedy shaped by Katherine Dieckmann with a firm understanding of its audience. In Diggers, Paul Rudd provides the anchor while Ken Marino introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Diggers opens from this situation: A story about a tight knit group of friends, who try to maintain their small town way of life in the face of enormous changes in 1970s Long Island. The resulting its 1h 36m running time feels
Aug 153 min read
Unconscious
There is a useful directness to Unconscious, a thriller shaped by Bradley Wigor with a firm understanding of its audience. In Unconscious, Adam LeFevre provides the anchor while John Speredakos introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Unconscious opens from this situation: Six different people all believe an unconscious and unidentified man in a hospital is their missing person. The resulting its 1h 24m running time feels most convincing wheneve
Aug 152 min read
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
There is a useful directness to Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, a horror film shaped by Scott Glosserman with a firm understanding of its audience. In Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Nathan Baesel provides the anchor while Angela Goethals introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon opens from this situation: The next great killer and psychopath has given a documentary film crew excl
Aug 153 min read
Kenny
There is a useful directness to Kenny, a comedy shaped by Clayton Jacobson with a firm understanding of its audience. In Kenny, Shane Jacobson provides the anchor while Travis Golland introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Kenny opens from this situation: This hilarious mockumentary film follows the numerous misadventures of a porta john worker through both his personal and professional life, including an oddly glamorous excursion to the Pumpe
Aug 152 min read
Renaissance
There is a useful directness to Renaissance, an animated adventure shaped by Christian Volckman with a firm understanding of its audience. In Renaissance, Daniel Craig provides the anchor while Catherine McCormack introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Renaissance opens from this situation: A young gene researcher, Ilona, is kidnapped in a future Paris. The resulting its 1h 45m running time feels most convincing whenever Renaissance trusts beh
Aug 152 min read
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