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Summer Wars begins with an appealing promise: Mamoru Hosoda will treat its animated adventure framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Ryûnosuke Kamiki and Nanami Sakuraba gives Summer Wars an immediate pulse. The story of Summer Wars begins from a specific pressure point: A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 9

No One Knows About Persian Cats begins with an appealing promise: Bahman Ghobadi will treat its music drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Negar Shaghaghi and Ashkan Koshanejad gives No One Knows About Persian Cats an immediate pulse. The story of No One Knows About Persian Cats begins from a specific pressure point: Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert and the vi

The Cartel begins with an appealing promise: Bob Bowdon will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Bob Bowdon and Bill Baroni gives The Cartel an immediate pulse. The story of The Cartel begins from a specific pressure point: American public schools have been growing progressively worse. By the end of its 1h 30m running time, the value of The Cartel rests less on novelty than on the care of its e

OSS 117: Lost in Rio begins with an appealing promise: Michel Hazanavicius will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jean Dujardin and Louise Monot gives OSS 117: Lost in Rio an immediate pulse. The story of OSS 117: Lost in Rio begins from a specific pressure point: Another mission of world known French secret agent leads him to exotic Brazil. By the end of its 1h 41m running time, the value of OSS

Mystery Team begins with an appealing promise: Dan Eckman will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Donald Glover and D.C. Pierson gives Mystery Team an immediate pulse. The story of Mystery Team begins from a specific pressure point: A group of former Encyclopedia Brown style child detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery. By the end of its 1h 37m running time, the value of Mystery Team rests l

Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! begins with an appealing promise: Evgeny Afineevsky will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Lainie Kazan and Saul Rubinek gives Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! an immediate pulse. The story of Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! begins from a specific pressure point: Every Friday night Shirley invites another "perfect" woman for Shabbat dinner in hopes that her son, Nelson, will marry a nice Je

American: The Bill Hicks Story begins with an appealing promise: Matt Harlock will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Bill Hicks and Dwight Slade gives American: The Bill Hicks Story an immediate pulse. The story of American: The Bill Hicks Story begins from a specific pressure point: Photo animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best. By the end of its 1

Motherhood begins with an appealing promise: Katherine Dieckmann will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Uma Thurman and Anthony Edwards gives Motherhood an immediate pulse. The story of Motherhood begins from a specific pressure point: In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event. By

No Impact Man: The Documentary begins with an appealing promise: Laura Gabbert will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin gives No Impact Man: The Documentary an immediate pulse. The story of No Impact Man: The Documentary begins from a specific pressure point: Follow the Manhattan based Beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th Avenue lifestyle and

Shortkut The Con Is On begins with an appealing promise: Neeraj Vora will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Akshaye Khanna and Arshad Warsi gives Shortkut The Con Is On an immediate pulse. The story of Shortkut The Con Is On begins from a specific pressure point: After his script is plagiarized, and he is forced to marry, an unemployed movie writer self destructs. By the end of its 2h 22m running

The Good Guy begins with an appealing promise: Julio DePietro will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Alexis Bledel and Scott Porter gives The Good Guy an immediate pulse. The story of The Good Guy begins from a specific pressure point: Calm and quiet Daniel starts on Wall Street. By the end of its 1h 30m running time, the value of The Good Guy rests less on novelty than on the care of its executio

The House of the Devil begins with an appealing promise: Ti West will treat its horror film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jocelin Donahue and Tom Noonan gives The House of the Devil an immediate pulse. The story of The House of the Devil begins from a specific pressure point: In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse