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There is a useful directness to The Dark Horse, a biographical drama shaped by James Napier Robertson with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Dark Horse, Cliff Curtis provides the anchor while James Rolleston introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Dark Horse opens from this situation: A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life. The resul

There is a useful directness to I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, a documentary shaped by Dave LaMattina with a firm understanding of its audience. In I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, Caroll Spinney provides the anchor while Jim Henson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story opens from this situation: Caroll Spinney has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969; at 78 ye

There is a useful directness to Predestination, an action film shaped by Michael Spierig with a firm understanding of its audience. In Predestination, Ethan Hawke provides the anchor while Sarah Snook introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Predestination opens from this situation: As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The resulting its 1h 37m running time feels

There is a useful directness to Take Me to the River, a documentary shaped by Martin Shore with a firm understanding of its audience. In Take Me to the River, Terrence Howard provides the anchor while James Alexander introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Take Me to the River opens from this situation: A documentary about the soul of American music. The resulting its 1h 35m running time feels most convincing whenever Take Me to the River trust

There is a useful directness to The Better Angels, a biographical drama shaped by A.J. Edwards with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Better Angels, Jason Clarke provides the anchor while Diane Kruger introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Better Angels opens from this situation: The story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and

There is a useful directness to Veil of Tears, a documentary shaped by Kenny Saylors with a firm understanding of its audience. In Veil of Tears, Natalie Grant provides the anchor while K.P. Yohannan introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Veil of Tears opens from this situation: A gripping look into the difficulties facing of the women of India and what is being done to counteract generations of oppression against them. The resulting its 1h 30

There is a useful directness to The Wonders, a drama shaped by Alice Rohrwacher with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Wonders, Alba Rohrwacher provides the anchor while Maria Alexandra Lungu introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Wonders opens from this situation: A family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality T

There is a useful directness to Better Living Through Chemistry, a comedy shaped by Geoff Moore with a firm understanding of its audience. In Better Living Through Chemistry, Sam Rockwell provides the anchor while Olivia Wilde introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Better Living Through Chemistry opens from this situation: Douglas leads a simple and uneventful existence as a pharmacist in a small town. The resulting its 1h 31m running time fee

There is a useful directness to Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, a documentary shaped by Joe Berlinger with a firm understanding of its audience. In Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, James 'Whitey' Bulger provides the anchor while Tommy Donahue introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger opens from this situation: A look at James 'Whitey' Bulger, one of the m

There is a useful directness to Blackbird, a drama shaped by Patrik Ian Polk with a firm understanding of its audience. In Blackbird, Mo'Nique provides the anchor while Julian J. Walker introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Blackbird opens from this situation: A young singer struggles with his sexuality and the treatment of others while coming of age in a small Southern Baptist community. The resulting its 1h 39m running time feels most convi

There is a useful directness to Heaven Knows What, a crime drama shaped by Benny Safdie with a firm understanding of its audience. In Heaven Knows What, Arielle Holmes provides the anchor while Caleb Landry Jones introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Heaven Knows What opens from this situation: A young woman struggles to reconcile her love for her boyfriend and for heroin, as she finds out that suicide is the only way for her boyfriend to for

There is a useful directness to Trace Amounts, a documentary shaped by Eric Gladen with a firm understanding of its audience. In Trace Amounts, Eric Gladen provides the anchor while Brian Hooker introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Trace Amounts opens from this situation: After recovering from a devastating sickness that brought him to the edge of despair, Eric Gladen would quit his career, move into an RV, and travel the country for years t