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Frontera
There is a useful directness to Frontera, a thriller shaped by Michael Berry with a firm understanding of its audience. In Frontera, Ed Harris provides the anchor while Eva Longoria introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Frontera opens from this situation: A former Arizona sheriff's wife is killed while riding on their ranch property. The resulting its 1h 43m running time feels most convincing whenever Frontera trusts behaviour more than expla
Aug 102 min read
Cooties
There is a useful directness to Cooties, a horror film shaped by Jonathan Milott with a firm understanding of its audience. In Cooties, Elijah Wood provides the anchor while Rainn Wilson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Cooties opens from this situation: A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. The resulting its 1h 28m running time feels most convincing whenever Coot
Aug 102 min read
Gueros
There is a useful directness to Gueros, a comedy shaped by Alonso Ruizpalacios with a firm understanding of its audience. In Gueros, Tenoch Huerta provides the anchor while Sebastián Aguirre introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Gueros opens from this situation: Tomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City. The resulting its 1h 46m running time feels most convincing
Aug 102 min read
Jauja
There is a useful directness to Jauja, a fantasy shaped by Lisandro Alonso with a firm understanding of its audience. In Jauja, Viggo Mortensen provides the anchor while Viilbjørk Malling Agger introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Jauja opens from this situation: A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization. The resulting its 1h 49m running time feels most convinci
Aug 103 min read
Girlhood
There is a useful directness to Girlhood, a drama shaped by Céline Sciamma with a firm understanding of its audience. In Girlhood, Karidja Touré provides the anchor while Assa Sylla introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Girlhood opens from this situation: A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process. The resulting its 1h 53m running time feels most convincing whenever G
Aug 102 min read
Flowers
There is a useful directness to Flowers, a drama shaped by Jon Garaño with a firm understanding of its audience. In Flowers, Itziar Ituño provides the anchor while Nagore Aranburu introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Flowers opens from this situation: Ane's life turns around when, week after week, she receives a bunch of flowers at home. The resulting its 1h 39m running time feels most convincing whenever Flowers trusts behaviour more than e
Aug 102 min read
Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt
There is a useful directness to Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt, a documentary shaped by Belinda Sallin with a firm understanding of its audience. In Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt, H.R. Giger provides the anchor while Carmen Maria Giger introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt opens from this situation: A look at the life the dark surrealist Swiss artist, H.R.Giger shot a year before his death. The resulting its 1h 35m running ti
Aug 103 min read
No Tears for the Dead
There is a useful directness to No Tears for the Dead, an action film shaped by Lee Jeong beom with a firm understanding of its audience. In No Tears for the Dead, Jang Dong gun provides the anchor while Kim Min hee introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, No Tears for the Dead opens from this situation: A hit man traumatized from accidentally killing a young girl during a job is given the mission to eliminate her mother, and begins the ultimate
Aug 103 min read
Heropanti
There is a useful directness to Heropanti, an action film shaped by Sabbir Khan with a firm understanding of its audience. In Heropanti, Tiger Shroff provides the anchor while Kriti Sanon introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Heropanti opens from this situation: Two young people find love despite the violent landscape in which they live. The resulting its 2h 26m running time feels most convincing whenever Heropanti trusts behaviour more than
Aug 102 min read
The Duke of Burgundy
There is a useful directness to The Duke of Burgundy, a romance shaped by Peter Strickland with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Duke of Burgundy, Sidse Babett Knudsen provides the anchor while Monica Swinn introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Duke of Burgundy opens from this situation: A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lesbian lover. The resulting its 1h 44m running time
Aug 103 min read
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
There is a useful directness to Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, a documentary shaped by Thomas Allen Harris with a firm understanding of its audience. In Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, Arthé Anthony provides the anchor while Anthony Barboza introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People opens fro
Aug 103 min read
Eden
There is a useful directness to Eden, a biographical drama shaped by Mia Hansen Løve with a firm understanding of its audience. In Eden, Félix de Givry provides the anchor while Pauline Etienne introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Eden opens from this situation: Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music
Aug 103 min read
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