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There is a useful directness to Appropriate Behavior, a comedy shaped by Desiree Akhavan with a firm understanding of its audience. In Appropriate Behavior, Desiree Akhavan provides the anchor while Rebecca Henderson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Appropriate Behavior opens from this situation: Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual, and hip young Brooklynite, but fails miserably in her a

There is a useful directness to The Seven Five, a documentary shaped by Tiller Russell with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Seven Five, Mike Dowd provides the anchor while Ken Eurell introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Seven Five opens from this situation: Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. The resulting its 1h 44m running time feels most convincing whenever The Seven Five trusts behaviour more than explanation. ⁠ The mo

There is a useful directness to The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, a documentary shaped by Brian Knappenberger with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, Aaron Swartz provides the anchor while Tim Berners Lee introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz opens from this situation: The story of programming prodigy and information act

There is a useful directness to Shirin in Love, a comedy shaped by Ramin Niami with a firm understanding of its audience. In Shirin in Love, Nazanin Boniadi provides the anchor while Riley Smith introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Shirin in Love opens from this situation: Love has no borders and therein lies the premise of the charming, new Iranian American romantic comedy "Shirin in Love." Nazanin Boniadi plays Shirin, an absent minded, yo

There is a useful directness to NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage, a documentary shaped by Jeremy Whelehan with a firm understanding of its audience. In NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage, Kevin Spacey provides the anchor while Maureen Anderman introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage opens from this situation: Kevin Spacey, Sam Mendes and the Bridge Project Company reveal some of the most intimate moments beh

There is a useful directness to Difret, a crime drama shaped by Zeresenay Mehari with a firm understanding of its audience. In Difret, Meron Getnet provides the anchor while Tizita Hagere introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Difret opens from this situation: A young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14 year old girl who shot her would be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation's oldest traditions

There is a useful directness to Spring, a horror film shaped by Justin Benson with a firm understanding of its audience. In Spring, Lou Taylor Pucci provides the anchor while Nadia Hilker introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Spring opens from this situation: A young man in a personal tailspin flees from US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret. The resulting its 1h 49m running time feels most

There is a useful directness to The Yes Men Are Revolting, a documentary shaped by Andy Bichlbaum with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Yes Men Are Revolting, Mike Bonanno provides the anchor while Andy Bichlbaum introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Yes Men Are Revolting opens from this situation: Comedy troupe The Yes Men stage phony events and press releases in an effort to bring attention to environmental dangers and corpo

There is a useful directness to In Order of Disappearance, a comedy shaped by Hans Petter Moland with a firm understanding of its audience. In In Order of Disappearance, Stellan Skarsgård provides the anchor while Bruno Ganz introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, In Order of Disappearance opens from this situation: After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge. The resulting its 1h 56m running time feels m

There is a useful directness to We Come as Friends, a documentary shaped by Hubert Sauper with a firm understanding of its audience. In We Come as Friends, the lead performer provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, We Come as Friends opens from this situation: A modern odyssey into the heart of Africa at the historic moment when Sudan, the continent's largest country, is being divided

There is a useful directness to The Last Man on the Moon, a documentary shaped by Mark Craig with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Last Man on the Moon, Eugene Cernan provides the anchor while Fred 'Baldy' Baldwin introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Last Man on the Moon opens from this situation: When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped off the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughter's initials in the

There is a useful directness to To Be Takei, a documentary shaped by Jennifer M. Kroot with a firm understanding of its audience. In To Be Takei, George Takei provides the anchor while Brad Takei introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, To Be Takei opens from this situation: A look at the many roles played by eclectic actor/activist George Takei, whose wit, humor and grace have helped him to become an internationally beloved figure and Internet