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There is a useful directness to Ping Pong Playa, a comedy shaped by Jessica Yu with a firm understanding of its audience. In Ping Pong Playa, Jimmy Tsai provides the anchor while Andrew Vo introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Ping Pong Playa opens from this situation: A kid dreams of playing professional basketball in order to escape his dead end job, living in the suburbs, his bossy older brother and running his Mom's ping pong classes. The

There is a useful directness to Love Comes Lately, a comedy shaped by Jan Schütte with a firm understanding of its audience. In Love Comes Lately, Otto Tausig provides the anchor while Rhea Perlman introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Love Comes Lately opens from this situation: An 80 year old man continues to pursue his love life with youthful vigor, risking his relationship with the woman he loves. The resulting its 1h 26m running time fee

There is a useful directness to How About You, a comedy shaped by Anthony Byrne with a firm understanding of its audience. In How About You, Joss Ackland provides the anchor while Hayley Atwell introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, How About You opens from this situation: A young British woman struggling with the direction of her life spends Christmas watching over a retirement home filled with demanding residents. The resulting its 1h 27m ru

There is a useful directness to The Witnesses, a romance shaped by André Téchiné with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Witnesses, Michel Blanc provides the anchor while Emmanuelle Béart introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Witnesses opens from this situation: Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. The resulting its 1h 52m running time feels most convincing whenever The Witnesses

There is a useful directness to Cover, a thriller shaped by Bill Duke with a firm understanding of its audience. In Cover, Aunjanue Ellis Taylor provides the anchor while Razaaq Adoti introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Cover opens from this situation: They are married men that pass H.I.V. to their male or female partners. The resulting its 1h 38m running time feels most convincing whenever Cover trusts behaviour more than explanation. ⁠ Co

There is a useful directness to The Walker, a crime drama shaped by Paul Schrader with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Walker, Woody Harrelson provides the anchor while Kristin Scott Thomas introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Walker opens from this situation: An escort who caters to Washington, D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case. The resulting its 1h 48m running time feels most convincing whenever The W

There is a useful directness to Save Me, a romance shaped by Robert Cary with a firm understanding of its audience. In Save Me, Jeremy Glazer provides the anchor while Chad Allen introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Save Me opens from this situation: A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction," where instead he is faced with the truth in his heart and spirit.

There is a useful directness to Kabluey, a comedy shaped by Scott Prendergast with a firm understanding of its audience. In Kabluey, Scott Prendergast provides the anchor while Lisa Kudrow introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Kabluey opens from this situation: A loser moves in with his brother's (in Iraq) wife to look after her two evil sons. The resulting its 1h 26m running time feels most convincing whenever Kabluey trusts behaviour more t

There is a useful directness to Water Lilies, a romance shaped by Céline Sciamma with a firm understanding of its audience. In Water Lilies, Pauline Acquart provides the anchor while Louise Blachère introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Water Lilies opens from this situation: A love triangle forms among three adolescent girls who meet at a local pool over summer break and each desires the love of another. The resulting its 1h 25m running time

There is a useful directness to The Secret of the Grain, a drama shaped by Abdellatif Kechiche with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Secret of the Grain, Habib Boufares provides the anchor while Hafsia Herzi introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Secret of the Grain opens from this situation: In southern France, a Franco Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant. The resu

There is a useful directness to How to Cook Your Life, a documentary shaped by Doris Dörrie with a firm understanding of its audience. In How to Cook Your Life, Edward Espe Brown provides the anchor while Doris Dörrie introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, How to Cook Your Life opens from this situation: A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life. The resulting its 1h 34m running t

There is a useful directness to Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, a documentary shaped by Jim Brown with a firm understanding of its audience. In Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Joan Baez provides the anchor while Johnny Cash introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song opens from this situation: Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artist and activist Pete Seeger.