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Disgrace begins with an appealing promise: Steve Jacobs will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between John Malkovich and Natalie Becker gives Disgrace an immediate pulse. The story of Disgrace begins from a specific pressure point: After having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post apartheid politics. By the end of its 1h 59m r

The Business of Being Born begins with an appealing promise: Abby Epstein will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Mary Helen Ayres and Julia Barnett gives The Business of Being Born an immediate pulse. The story of The Business of Being Born begins from a specific pressure point: Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, and a natural part of life but it's also a business. By the end of its 1h 27

Crips and Bloods: Made in America begins with an appealing promise: Stacy Peralta will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jim Brown and Tony Muhammad gives Crips and Bloods: Made in America an immediate pulse. The story of Crips and Bloods: Made in America begins from a specific pressure point: With a first person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that h

Fireflies in the Garden begins with an appealing promise: Dennis Lee will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Ryan Reynolds and Willem Dafoe gives Fireflies in the Garden an immediate pulse. The story of Fireflies in the Garden begins from a specific pressure point: The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college decades after

La siciliana ribelle begins with an appealing promise: Marco Amenta will treat its crime drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Veronica D'Agostino and Gérard Jugnot gives La siciliana ribelle an immediate pulse. The story of La siciliana ribelle begins from a specific pressure point: The true story of 17 year old Sicilian Rita Atria (Veronica D'Agostino) who broke the Sicilian Mafia's code of silence and testifi

Prodigal Sons begins with an appealing promise: Kimberly Reed will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Kimberly Reed and Carol McKerrow gives Prodigal Sons an immediate pulse. The story of Prodigal Sons begins from a specific pressure point: Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for reco

Ballast begins with an appealing promise: Lance Hammer will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Micheal J. Smith Sr. and JimMyron Ross gives Ballast an immediate pulse. The story of Ballast begins from a specific pressure point: A drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives. By the end of its 1h 36m running time, the value of Ballast rests less on novelty

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! begins with an appealing promise: Dibakar Banerjee will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Abhay Deol and Paresh Rawal gives Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! an immediate pulse. The story of Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! begins from a specific pressure point: Lovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get aw

Sleep Dealer begins with an appealing promise: Alex Rivera will treat its thriller framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Luis Fernando Peña and Leonor Varela gives Sleep Dealer an immediate pulse. The story of Sleep Dealer begins from a specific pressure point: The near future. By the end of its 1h 30m running time, the value of Sleep Dealer rests less on novelty than on the care of its execution. ⁠ What keeps Sleep D

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh begins with an appealing promise: Rawson Marshall Thurber will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jon Foster and Peter Sarsgaard gives The Mysteries of Pittsburgh an immediate pulse. The story of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh begins from a specific pressure point: A college graduate's defining summer crossing his gangster dad and exploring love, sexuality, and the enigmas

Kisses begins with an appealing promise: Lance Daly will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Kelly O'Neill and Shane Curry gives Kisses an immediate pulse. The story of Kisses begins from a specific pressure point: Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner city Dublin. By the end of its 1h 12m running time, the value of Ki

Humboldt County begins with an appealing promise: Darren Grodsky will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jeremy Strong and Fairuza Balk gives Humboldt County an immediate pulse. The story of Humboldt County begins from a specific pressure point: A disillusioned medical student is stranded for a summer in a remote community of counterculture pot farmers, the last place in the world he imagined he wo