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What stands out first about Farewell, My Queen is the confidence with which Benoît Jacquot establishes its romance identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Farewell, My Queen asks Léa Seydoux and Diane Kruger to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Farewell, My Queen is established with useful clarity: A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution. That di

What stands out first about Stories We Tell is the confidence with which Sarah Polley establishes its documentary identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Stories We Tell asks Michael Polley and John Buchan to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Stories We Tell is established with useful clarity: A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers. That direct approach lets Stories We

What stands out first about Love Is All You Need is the confidence with which Susanne Bier establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Love Is All You Need asks Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Love Is All You Need is established with useful clarity: A hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, finds out her husband is having an affair, travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding, and

What stands out first about Unfinished Song is the confidence with which Paul Andrew Williams establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Unfinished Song asks Terence Stamp and Gemma Arterton to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Unfinished Song is established with useful clarity: Grumpy pensioner Arthur honors his recently deceased wife's passion for performing by joining the unconventional local choir to which she used to

What stands out first about The Attack is the confidence with which Ziad Doueiri establishes its crime drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, The Attack asks Ali Suliman and Reymonde Amsellem to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of The Attack is established with useful clarity: An Palestinian surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing. That direct approach lets The Attack use it

What stands out first about Fill the Void is the confidence with which Rama Burshtein establishes its romance identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Fill the Void asks Hadas Yaron and Yiftach Klein to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Fill the Void is established with useful clarity: When the older sister of Shira, an 18 year old Hasidic Israeli, dies suddenly in childbirth, Shira must decide if she can and should marry her widowed brother i

What stands out first about Housefull 2 is the confidence with which Sajid Khan establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Housefull 2 asks Akshay Kumar and John Abraham to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Housefull 2 is established with useful clarity: A comedy of errors wherein four men help each other to fool their prospective father in laws creating a cascade of confusion and mayhem. That direct approach lets Houseful

What stands out first about Crooked Arrows is the confidence with which Steve Rash establishes its sports drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Crooked Arrows asks Gil Birmingham and Brandon Routh to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Crooked Arrows is established with useful clarity: A story centered on a Native American lacrosse team making its way through a prep school league tournament. That direct approach lets Crooked Arrows use

What stands out first about English Vinglish is the confidence with which Gauri Shinde establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, English Vinglish asks Sridevi and Adil Hussain to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of English Vinglish is established with useful clarity: A quiet, sweet tempered housewife endures small slights from her well educated husband and daughter every day because of her inability to speak and understand

What stands out first about The Iceman is the confidence with which Ariel Vromen establishes its thriller identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, The Iceman asks Michael Shannon and Chris Evans to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of The Iceman is established with useful clarity: The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. That direct approach lets The Iceman use its 1h 46m running time for character, atmosphere

What stands out first about Agneepath is the confidence with which Karan Malhotra establishes its action film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Agneepath asks Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Agneepath is established with useful clarity: A young boy's father is lynched before his eyes; fifteen years later he returns home for revenge. That direct approach lets Agneepath use its 2h 54m running

What stands out first about Rust and Bone is the confidence with which Jacques Audiard establishes its romance identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Rust and Bone asks Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Rust and Bone is established with useful clarity: Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. That direct approach lets Rus