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There is a useful directness to Ceremony, a comedy shaped by Max Winkler with a firm understanding of its audience. In Ceremony, Michael Angarano provides the anchor while Uma Thurman introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Ceremony opens from this situation: Two friends are off on a weekend outing. The resulting its 1h 29m running time feels most convincing whenever Ceremony trusts behaviour more than explanation. ⁠ Ceremony demonstrates the v

There is a useful directness to Incendiary, a mystery shaped by Ross Nickson with a firm understanding of its audience. In Incendiary, Melinda Cohen provides the anchor while Jennipher Foster introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Incendiary opens from this situation: Two female kidnappers find themselves dragged further and further into a complex mystery, fuelled by paranoia. The resulting its 1h 30m running time feels most convincing wheneve

There is a useful directness to The Other City, a documentary shaped by Susan Koch with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Other City, the lead performer provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Other City opens from this situation: Not far from the White House, the Capitol, and the National Mall lies a part of Washington, DC that the tourists never see and the mainstream

There is a useful directness to Black Death, a horror film shaped by Christopher Smith with a firm understanding of its audience. In Black Death, Eddie Redmayne provides the anchor while Sean Bean introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Black Death opens from this situation: Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to l

There is a useful directness to Vanishing on 7th Street, a horror film shaped by Brad Anderson with a firm understanding of its audience. In Vanishing on 7th Street, Hayden Christensen provides the anchor while Thandiwe Newton introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Vanishing on 7th Street opens from this situation: The population of Detroit has almost completely disappeared, but a few remain. The resulting its 1h 32m running time feels most co

There is a useful directness to Lost Bohemia, a documentary shaped by Josef Astor with a firm understanding of its audience. In Lost Bohemia, Keith Barber provides the anchor while Jeanne Beauvais introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Lost Bohemia opens from this situation: For over a century, Carnegie Hall rented affordable studio apartments atop the famous music hall to artistic tenants such as Marlon Brando, Paddy Chayefsky and Isadora Dun

There is a useful directness to Raw Faith, a documentary shaped by Wm. Peter Wiedensmith with a firm understanding of its audience. In Raw Faith, Marilyn Sewell provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Raw Faith opens from this situation: This surprisingly open and revealing documentary follows two years in the private life of a minister. The resulting its 1h 34m running time feels mos

There is a useful directness to Behind the Burly Q, a documentary shaped by Leslie Zemeckis with a firm understanding of its audience. In Behind the Burly Q, Bud Abbott provides the anchor while Alan Alda introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Behind the Burly Q opens from this situation: Leslie Zemeckis's rousing documentary takes a behind the velvet curtain peek at the golden age of burlesque, meeting the women (and men) who pushed the envel

There is a useful directness to Attenberg, a comedy shaped by Athina Rachel Tsangari with a firm understanding of its audience. In Attenberg, Ariane Labed provides the anchor while Vangelis Mourikis introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Attenberg opens from this situation: Stuck in her boring factory town, twenty three year old Marina is at the mercy of both her father's impending death and her distaste for other humans. The resulting its 1h

There is a useful directness to Immigration Tango, a comedy shaped by David Burton Morris with a firm understanding of its audience. In Immigration Tango, Elika Portnoy provides the anchor while McCaleb Burnett introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Immigration Tango opens from this situation: An American couple and a foreign couple test the limits of friendship and love when they switch partners and get married for green cards. The resulting

There is a useful directness to Sound of Noise, a comedy shaped by Ola Simonsson with a firm understanding of its audience. In Sound of Noise, Bengt Braskered provides the anchor while Sanna Persson Halapi introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Sound of Noise opens from this situation: A tone deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city. The resulting its 1h 42m run

There is a useful directness to Harvest, a drama shaped by Marc Meyers with a firm understanding of its audience. In Harvest, Robert Loggia provides the anchor while Jack Carpenter introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Harvest opens from this situation: A college kid comes of age one summer amidst family conflict unleashed by the eventual passing of its patriarch. The resulting its 1h 42m running time feels most convincing whenever Harvest tr