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There is a useful directness to All About Evil, a horror film shaped by Joshua Grannell with a firm understanding of its audience. In All About Evil, Jack Donner provides the anchor while Mikayla Rosario introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, All About Evil opens from this situation: A woman screens snuff films disguised as horror films to great success at her movie theater, until a high school student learns that the murders are real. The res

There is a useful directness to Wrecked, a thriller shaped by Michael Greenspan with a firm understanding of its audience. In Wrecked, Adrien Brody provides the anchor while Caroline Dhavernas introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Wrecked opens from this situation: A man wakes in a car wreck at the bottom of a ravine and must overcome incredible odds to survive. The resulting its 1h 31m running time feels most convincing whenever Wrecked trus

There is a useful directness to Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars, a documentary shaped by Mike Woolf with a firm understanding of its audience. In Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars, Sergey Brin provides the anchor while Mike Fincke introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars opens from this situation: The story of legendary computer game developer Rich

There is a useful directness to How I Ended This Summer, a drama shaped by Alexei Popogrebsky with a firm understanding of its audience. In How I Ended This Summer, Grigory Dobrygin provides the anchor while Sergey Puskepalis introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, How I Ended This Summer opens from this situation: One place. The resulting its 2h 10m running time feels most convincing whenever How I Ended This Summer trusts behaviour more than

There is a useful directness to Special Treatment, a comedy shaped by Jeanne Labrune with a firm understanding of its audience. In Special Treatment, Isabelle Huppert provides the anchor while Bouli Lanners introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Special Treatment opens from this situation: Drawing some intriguing parallels between the work of the prostitute and that of the psychiatrist both have clients, both charge for sessions, both take on

There is a useful directness to Radio Free Albemuth, a science fiction film shaped by John Alan Simon with a firm understanding of its audience. In Radio Free Albemuth, Shea Whigham provides the anchor while Jonathan Scarfe introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Radio Free Albemuth opens from this situation: Sci fi thriller from Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly); Nick Brady receives messages from space and joins

There is a useful directness to Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers, a documentary shaped by Chip Mabry with a firm understanding of its audience. In Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers, Becky Verhey provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers opens from this situation: A documentary devoted to the story of Portland, Oregon

There is a useful directness to Post Mortem, a drama shaped by Pablo Larraín with a firm understanding of its audience. In Post Mortem, Alfredo Castro provides the anchor while Antonia Zegers introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Post Mortem opens from this situation: In Chile, 1973, during the last days of Salvador Allende's presidency, an employee at a Morgue's recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears. The r

There is a useful directness to A Screaming Man, a drama shaped by Mahamat Saleh Haroun with a firm understanding of its audience. In A Screaming Man, Youssouf Djaoro provides the anchor while Diouc Koma introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, A Screaming Man opens from this situation: Present day Chad. The resulting its 1h 32m running time feels most convincing whenever A Screaming Man trusts behaviour more than explanation. ⁠ Rather than summ

There is a useful directness to Circle, a horror film shaped by Michael W. Watkins with a firm understanding of its audience. In Circle, Jason Thompson provides the anchor while Silas Weir Mitchell introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Circle opens from this situation: Eighteen years after a mass murder, John Bennett escapes captivity, and returns to his childhood house, where a group of unsuspecting college psychology majors are studying his

There is a useful directness to Come Undone, a romance shaped by Silvio Soldini with a firm understanding of its audience. In Come Undone, Alba Rohrwacher provides the anchor while Pierfrancesco Favino introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Come Undone opens from this situation: One day at a colleague's going away party, Anna meets Domenico, a virile, slightly older chap who's married with two small kids. The resulting its 2h 6m running time f

There is a useful directness to Evil Intent, a thriller shaped by Glenn Berggoetz with a firm understanding of its audience. In Evil Intent, Giovanna Leah provides the anchor while Libby Baker introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Evil Intent opens from this situation: Stephanie and Kelly are best friends and roommates. The resulting its 1h 14m running time feels most convincing whenever Evil Intent trusts behaviour more than explanation. ⁠ G