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Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow begins with an appealing promise: Sophie Fiennes will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Anselm Kiefer and Bill Katz gives Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow an immediate pulse. The story of Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow begins from a specific pressure point: Starting in 2000, German artist Anselm Kiefer began constructing a series of large elaborate structure
Aug 103 min read
Hatchet II
Hatchet II begins with an appealing promise: Adam Green will treat its horror film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Danielle Harris and Kane Hodder gives Hatchet II an immediate pulse. The story of Hatchet II begins from a specific pressure point: Marybeth escapes the clutches of the bayou butcher Victor Crowley and returns to the swamp with an army of hunters and gunmen, determined to end Crowley's reign of horr
Aug 103 min read
!Women Art Revolution
!Women Art Revolution begins with an appealing promise: Lynn Hershman Leeson will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Lynn Hershman Leeson and B. Ruby Rich gives !Women Art Revolution an immediate pulse. The story of !Women Art Revolution begins from a specific pressure point: Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary rev
Aug 103 min read
God of Vampires
God of Vampires begins with an appealing promise: Rob Fitz will treat its horror film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Dharma Lim and Shyaporn Theerakulstit gives God of Vampires an immediate pulse. The story of God of Vampires begins from a specific pressure point: Professional killer, Frank Ng, contracted to murder a Chinese crime lord, discovers the crime boss is a Chinese vampire. By the end of its 2h 24m run
Aug 103 min read
Leonie
Leonie begins with an appealing promise: Hisako Matsui will treat its biographical drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Emily Mortimer and Kazuko Yoshiyuki gives Leonie an immediate pulse. The story of Leonie begins from a specific pressure point: A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th century American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and arc
Aug 103 min read
The Lottery
The Lottery begins with an appealing promise: Madeleine Rotzler will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Cory Booker and Geoffrey Canada gives The Lottery an immediate pulse. The story of The Lottery begins from a specific pressure point: Four children enter a high stakes lottery. By the end of its 1h 21m running time, the value of The Lottery rests less on novelty than on the care of its execu
Aug 103 min read
Snowmen
Snowmen begins with an appealing promise: Robert Kirbyson will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Bobby Coleman and Bobb'e J. Thompson gives Snowmen an immediate pulse. The story of Snowmen begins from a specific pressure point: This is a humorous and heartfelt coming of age story about three unlikely heroes and the winter that changed their lives forever. By the end of its 1h 26m running time, the
Aug 103 min read
Dirty Girl
Dirty Girl begins with an appealing promise: Abe Sylvia will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier gives Dirty Girl an immediate pulse. The story of Dirty Girl begins from a specific pressure point: It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. By the end of its 1h 30m running time, the value of Dirty Girl rests less on novelty than on the care of
Aug 103 min read
Into Eternity: A Film for the Future
Into Eternity: A Film for the Future begins with an appealing promise: Michael Madsen will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Carl Reinhold Bråkenhjelm and Mikael Jensen gives Into Eternity: A Film for the Future an immediate pulse. The story of Into Eternity: A Film for the Future begins from a specific pressure point: A documentary on the safety of nuclear storage. By the end of its 1h 15m r
Aug 103 min read
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Beyond the Black Rainbow begins with an appealing promise: Panos Cosmatos will treat its horror film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Eva Bourne and Michael J Rogers gives Beyond the Black Rainbow an immediate pulse. The story of Beyond the Black Rainbow begins from a specific pressure point: Despite being under heavy sedation, a young woman tries to make her way out of the Arboria Institute, a secluded, quasifut
Aug 103 min read
3
3 begins with an appealing promise: Tom Tykwer will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Sophie Rois and Sebastian Schipper gives 3 an immediate pulse. The story of 3 begins from a specific pressure point: A Berlin set drama centered on a 40 something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man. By the end of its 1h 59m running time, the value of 3 rests less on novelty than on the care of
Aug 103 min read
Viva Riva!
Viva Riva! begins with an appealing promise: Djo Munga will treat its thriller framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Patsha Bay and Manie Malone gives Viva Riva! an immediate pulse. The story of Viva Riva! begins from a specific pressure point: Riva returns to his home town of Kinshasa to sell fuel, however the people whom he stole it from are close behind and when Riva tries to get with a girl her crime boss boyfrien
Aug 103 min read
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