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There is a useful directness to The Great Flood, a documentary shaped by Bill Morrison with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Great Flood, the lead performer provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Great Flood opens from this situation: The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. The resulting its 1h 20m running time fee

There is a useful directness to Lay the Favorite, a comedy shaped by Stephen Frears with a firm understanding of its audience. In Lay the Favorite, Rebecca Hall provides the anchor while Bruce Willis introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Lay the Favorite opens from this situation: Ex private dancer Beth aspires to be a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, when she falls in with Dink, a sports gambler. The resulting its 1h 34m running time feels most

There is a useful directness to Waiting for Lightning, a documentary shaped by Jacob Rosenberg with a firm understanding of its audience. In Waiting for Lightning, Danny Way provides the anchor while Rob Dyrdek introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Waiting for Lightning opens from this situation: A documentary on pro skateboarder Danny Way's tough childhood and his contributions to the sport, including footage of his jump over the Great Wall

There is a useful directness to Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, a documentary shaped by Seth Kramer with a firm understanding of its audience. In Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, Morton Downey Jr. provides the anchor while Glenn Beck introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie opens from this situation: Before entire networks were built on populist personalities; before reality morphed into a TV

There is a useful directness to Blue Exorcist: The Movie, an animated adventure shaped by Atsushi Takahashi with a firm understanding of its audience. In Blue Exorcist: The Movie, Nobuhiko Okamoto provides the anchor while Jun Fukuyama introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Blue Exorcist: The Movie opens from this situation: Rin and his friends, along with the rest of True Cross Academy Town, are in the midst of preparing for a festival that i

There is a useful directness to Viola, a drama shaped by Matías Piñeiro with a firm understanding of its audience. In Viola, María Villar provides the anchor while Alessio Rigo de Righi introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Viola opens from this situation: A group of actresses performing in a production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" get caught up in a web of romantic intrigue and revelation. The resulting its 1h 5m running time feels most

There is a useful directness to The ABCs of Death, a horror film shaped by Kaare Andrews with a firm understanding of its audience. In The ABCs of Death, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal provides the anchor while Iván González introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The ABCs of Death opens from this situation: A 26 chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty. The resulting its 2h 9m running time feels most convincing w

There is a useful directness to Pieta, a thriller shaped by Kim Ki duk with a firm understanding of its audience. In Pieta, Jo Min soo provides the anchor while Lee Jung Jin introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Pieta opens from this situation: A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long lost mother. The resulting its 1h 43m running time feels most convincing whene

There is a useful directness to The Black Dove, a drama shaped by Michael Caporale with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Black Dove, John Savage provides the anchor while Abby Wathen introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Black Dove opens from this situation: Once on top of the country music industry, a recently released felon struggles to keep his life together, find his legendary guitar and connect with a daughter he has neve

There is a useful directness to Two Lives, a thriller shaped by Georg Maas with a firm understanding of its audience. In Two Lives, Juliane Köhler provides the anchor while Liv Ullmann introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Two Lives opens from this situation: As the Berlin Wall crumbles, Katrine, the daughter of a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier, finds her idyllic life disrupted as she refuses to testify a trial against the No

There is a useful directness to The Revisionaries, a documentary shaped by Scott Thurman with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Revisionaries, Don McLeroy provides the anchor while Kathy Miller introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Revisionaries opens from this situation: The theory of evolution and a re write of American history are caught in the crosshairs when an unabashed Creationist seeks re election as chairman of America

There is a useful directness to Carol Channing: Larger Than Life, a documentary shaped by Dori Berinstein with a firm understanding of its audience. In Carol Channing: Larger Than Life, Carol Channing provides the anchor while Eddie Albert introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Carol Channing: Larger Than Life opens from this situation: A documentary on Broadway legend Carol Channing. The resulting its 1h 27m running time feels most convincing