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The First Time
There is a useful directness to The First Time, a comedy shaped by Jonathan Kasdan with a firm understanding of its audience. In The First Time, Dylan O'Brien provides the anchor while Britt Robertson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The First Time opens from this situation: A shy senior and a down to earth junior fall in love over one weekend. The resulting its 1h 35m running time feels most convincing whenever The First Time trusts beh
Aug 103 min read
Hellbound?
There is a useful directness to Hellbound?, a documentary shaped by Kevin Miller with a firm understanding of its audience. In Hellbound?, Kevin Miller provides the anchor while Jonathan Phelps introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Hellbound? opens from this situation: If God is our pure, all loving creator, can he really turn his back on sinners and allow them to suffer for eternity in hell. The resulting its 1h 24m running time feels most c
Aug 102 min read
History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears
There is a useful directness to History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears, a documentary shaped by Stefan Immler with a firm understanding of its audience. In History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears, Esperanza Spalding provides the anchor while Elew introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears opens from this situation: 'Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz' is a story of the trials and triumphs of jazz in America. The resul
Aug 103 min read
The Iran Job
There is a useful directness to The Iran Job, a documentary shaped by Till Schauder with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Iran Job, Kevin Sheppard provides the anchor while Eunice Sheppard introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Iran Job opens from this situation: A documentary that follows one year in the life of American pro basketball player Kevin Sheppard, who signed on to play for the upstart Iranian Super League team A.S.
Aug 103 min read
Our Children
There is a useful directness to Our Children, a crime drama shaped by Joachim Lafosse with a firm understanding of its audience. In Our Children, Émilie Dequenne provides the anchor while Claire Bodson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Our Children opens from this situation: Happy couple, will marry and have children under the roof of the benevolent Doctor. The resulting its 1h 51m running time feels most convincing whenever Our Children
Aug 103 min read
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police
There is a useful directness to Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police, a documentary shaped by Andy Grieve with a firm understanding of its audience. In Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police, Sting provides the anchor while Andy Summers introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police opens from this situation: Based on the acclaimed memoir One Train Later by rock guitarist Andy Summers, Can't S
Aug 103 min read
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
There is a useful directness to The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story, a documentary shaped by Seth Camillo with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story, Chris Canales provides the anchor while Taylor Kitsch introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story opens from this situation: When a young high school football took a hit that paralyzed
Aug 103 min read
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
There is a useful directness to Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation, a documentary shaped by Laura Archibald with a firm understanding of its audience. In Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation, Susan Sarandon provides the anchor while Happy Traum introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation opens from this situation: Explores the music scene in Greenwich Village, New York
Aug 103 min read
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
There is a useful directness to Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, a documentary shaped by Sophie Huber with a firm understanding of its audience. In Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, Harry Dean Stanton provides the anchor while Sophie Huber introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction opens from this situation: Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is a mesmerizing, impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor com
Aug 103 min read
Radio Unnameable
There is a useful directness to Radio Unnameable, a documentary shaped by Paul Lovelace with a firm understanding of its audience. In Radio Unnameable, David Amram provides the anchor while Judy Collins introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Radio Unnameable opens from this situation: Legendary radio personality Bob Fass revolutionized late night F.M. radio by serving as a cultural hub for music, politics and audience participation for nearly
Aug 103 min read
Paradise: Love
There is a useful directness to Paradise: Love, a drama shaped by Ulrich Seidl with a firm understanding of its audience. In Paradise: Love, Margarete Tiesel provides the anchor while Peter Kazungu introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Paradise: Love opens from this situation: Teresa, a fifty year old Austrian mother, travels to the paradise of the beaches of Kenya, seeking out love from African boys. The resulting its 2h running time feels m
Aug 103 min read
The Citizen
There is a useful directness to The Citizen, a drama shaped by Sam Kadi with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Citizen, Khaled Nabawy provides the anchor while Agnes Bruckner introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Citizen opens from this situation: An Arab immigrant wins the American green card lottery, arriving in New York City on September 10, 2001. The resulting its 1h 39m running time feels most convincing whenever The Citiz
Aug 103 min read
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