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There is a useful directness to Christina, a drama shaped by Larry Brand with a firm understanding of its audience. In Christina, Nicki Aycox provides the anchor while Jordan Belfi introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Christina opens from this situation: A young German woman prepares to leave her war ravaged city to begin a new life in America with her G.I. fiance. The resulting its 1h 30m running time feels most convincing whenever Christin

There is a useful directness to Cherry, a comedy shaped by Jeffrey Fine with a firm understanding of its audience. In Cherry, Kyle Gallner provides the anchor while Laura Allen introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Cherry opens from this situation: An Ivy League freshman gets an unexpected education when he falls for an older woman and her 14 year old daughter develops a crush on him. The resulting its 1h 39m running time feels most convincin

There is a useful directness to The Taqwacores, a music drama shaped by Eyad Zahra with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Taqwacores, Bobby Naderi provides the anchor while Noureen DeWulf introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Taqwacores opens from this situation: A powerful, original, and hilariously irreverent story of punk Islam in the USA and the discovery of oneself within the confines of religion. The resulting its 1h 23m

There is a useful directness to Elektra Luxx, a comedy shaped by Sebastian Gutierrez with a firm understanding of its audience. In Elektra Luxx, Joseph Gordon Levitt provides the anchor while Carla Gugino introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Elektra Luxx opens from this situation: Life for porn actress Elektra Luxx gets turned upside down when she finds out she's pregnant. The resulting its 1h 40m running time feels most convincing whenever

There is a useful directness to Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston, a documentary shaped by Whitney Smith with a firm understanding of its audience. In Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston, Halston provides the anchor while Patricia Altschul introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston opens from this situation: An exploration of the clothes, the glamour and the decadence of iconic fashion designer Halston. The resulting i

There is a useful directness to The Dry Land, a drama shaped by Ryan Piers Williams with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Dry Land, Ryan O'Nan provides the anchor while America Ferrera introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Dry Land opens from this situation: A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas. The resulting its 1h 32m running time feels

There is a useful directness to Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home, a documentary shaped by Thomas Napper with a firm understanding of its audience. In Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home, Kevin Cohen provides the anchor while Manuel Compito introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home opens from this situation: Narrated by Catherine Keener, Lost Angeles takes an uncompromising yet life affirming look at the lives of eigh

There is a useful directness to If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, a drama shaped by Florin Serban with a firm understanding of its audience. In If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, George Pistereanu provides the anchor while Ada Condeescu introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle opens from this situation: Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. The resulting its 1h 34m

There is a useful directness to Virginia, a drama shaped by Dustin Lance Black with a firm understanding of its audience. In Virginia, Jennifer Connelly provides the anchor while Ed Harris introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Virginia opens from this situation: A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged

There is a useful directness to Bloodworth, a romance shaped by Shane Dax Taylor with a firm understanding of its audience. In Bloodworth, Val Kilmer provides the anchor while Kris Kristofferson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Bloodworth opens from this situation: A man who left home 40 years earlier to become a country singer returns home to the tattered remains of his broken family and a grandson who is desperately trying to escape th

There is a useful directness to Leap Year from director Michael Rowe, a romance shaped by Michael Rowe with a firm understanding of its audience. In Leap Year from director Michael Rowe, Mónica Del Carmen provides the anchor while Gustavo Sánchez Parra introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Leap Year from director Michael Rowe opens from this situation: Laura's personal life consists of one affair after another. The resulting its 1h 34m runnin

There is a useful directness to Jim, a science fiction film shaped by Jeremy Morris Burke with a firm understanding of its audience. In Jim, Dan Illian provides the anchor while Vanessa Morris Burke introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Jim opens from this situation: A desperate man hires an advanced biotech firm to engineer a child while, in the distant future, a corrupt oligarch runs a dead earth awash in genetic inferiority. The resulting