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Marcelino Pan y Vino
There is a useful directness to Marcelino Pan y Vino, a family film shaped by José Luis Gutiérrez Arias with a firm understanding of its audience. In Marcelino Pan y Vino, Alejandro Tommasi provides the anchor while Jorge Lavat introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Marcelino Pan y Vino opens from this situation: The friars of a poor war ravaged monastery find an infant abandoned on their doorstep. The resulting its 1h 31m running time feels m
Aug 103 min read
Make Believe
There is a useful directness to Make Believe, a documentary shaped by Clay Tweel with a firm understanding of its audience. In Make Believe, Ed Alonzo provides the anchor while Albert M. Belmont Jr. introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Make Believe opens from this situation: Six of the world's best young magicians battle for the title of Teen World Champion. The resulting its 1h 28m running time feels most convincing whenever Make Believe tr
Aug 103 min read
Skateland
There is a useful directness to Skateland, a drama shaped by Anthony Burns with a firm understanding of its audience. In Skateland, Shiloh Fernandez provides the anchor while Ashley Greene introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Skateland opens from this situation: In the early 1980s, in small town Texas, dramatic events force a 19 year old skating rink manager to look at his life in a very new way. The resulting its 1h 36m running time feels m
Aug 102 min read
When We Leave
There is a useful directness to When We Leave, a drama shaped by Feo Aladag with a firm understanding of its audience. In When We Leave, Sibel Kekilli provides the anchor while Nizam Schiller introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, When We Leave opens from this situation: Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self determined life in Germany against her family's resistance. The resulting its 1h 59m running tim
Aug 103 min read
Brotherhood
There is a useful directness to Brotherhood, a thriller shaped by Will Canon with a firm understanding of its audience. In Brotherhood, Trevor Morgan provides the anchor while Lou Taylor Pucci introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Brotherhood opens from this situation: A college fraternity initiation rite goes awfully wrong. The resulting its 1h 16m running time feels most convincing whenever Brotherhood trusts behaviour more than explanation
Aug 102 min read
The Trial
There is a useful directness to The Trial, a crime drama shaped by Gary Wheeler with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Trial, Larry Bagby provides the anchor while Matthew Modine introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Trial opens from this situation: After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for a small town attorney, until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transf
Aug 103 min read
Douchebag
There is a useful directness to Douchebag, a comedy shaped by Drake Doremus with a firm understanding of its audience. In Douchebag, Andrew Dickler provides the anchor while Ben York Jones introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Douchebag opens from this situation: On the verge of getting married, Sam Nussbaum insists he escort his younger brother, Tom, on a wild goose chase of a journey to find Tom's fifth grade girlfriend. The resulting its 1
Aug 102 min read
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
There is a useful directness to Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, a documentary shaped by Craig McCall with a firm understanding of its audience. In Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, Jack Cardiff provides the anchor while Martin Scorsese introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff opens from this situation: In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914 2009) became the first director of photography
Aug 103 min read
Red Hill
There is a useful directness to Red Hill, a thriller shaped by Patrick Hughes with a firm understanding of its audience. In Red Hill, Ryan Kwanten provides the anchor while Steve Bisley introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Red Hill opens from this situation: A young police officer must survive his first day's duty in a small country town. The resulting its 1h 35m running time feels most convincing whenever Red Hill trusts behaviour more than
Aug 103 min read
Monogamy
There is a useful directness to Monogamy, a romance shaped by Dana Adam Shapiro with a firm understanding of its audience. In Monogamy, Chris Messina provides the anchor while Rashida Jones introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Monogamy opens from this situation: A photographer feels his commitment to his girlfriend beginning to fade when he becomes obsessed with an enigmatic client. The resulting its 1h 36m running time feels most convincing
Aug 103 min read
The Arbor
There is a useful directness to The Arbor, a documentary shaped by Clio Barnard with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Arbor, Manjinder Virk provides the anchor while Christine Bottomley introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Arbor opens from this situation: Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar. The resulting its 1h 34m running time feels most convincing whenever The Arbor trusts behaviour more than explanatio
Aug 102 min read
And Everything Is Going Fine
There is a useful directness to And Everything Is Going Fine, a documentary shaped by Steven Soderbergh with a firm understanding of its audience. In And Everything Is Going Fine, Spalding Gray provides the anchor while Forrest Gray introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, And Everything Is Going Fine opens from this situation: A look at the art of Spalding Gray who drew from real life experience to create a compelling and deeply personal series
Aug 103 min read
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