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There is a useful directness to Come What May, a war drama shaped by Christian Carion with a firm understanding of its audience. In Come What May, August Diehl provides the anchor while Olivier Gourmet introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Come What May opens from this situation: A German communist flees to Northern France with his son. The resulting its 1h 54m running time feels most convincing whenever Come What May trusts behaviour more th

There is a useful directness to I Am the Blues, a documentary shaped by Daniel Cross with a firm understanding of its audience. In I Am the Blues, Jimmy Duck Holmes provides the anchor while L.C. Ulmer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, I Am the Blues opens from this situation: A tour of the juke joints and other venues of the legendary Chitlin Circuit in the Mississippi Delta, including performances by aging blues musicians in their eight

There is a useful directness to Lila & Eve, a thriller shaped by Charles Stone III with a firm understanding of its audience. In Lila & Eve, Viola Davis provides the anchor while Aml Ameen introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Lila & Eve opens from this situation: Two distraught mothers whose children were gunned down in a drive by team up to avenge their deaths after local authorities fail to take action. The resulting its 1h 34m running tim

There is a useful directness to Catching the Sun, a documentary shaped by Shalini Kantayya with a firm understanding of its audience. In Catching the Sun, the lead performer provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Catching the Sun opens from this situation: An unemployed American worker, a Tea Party activist, and a Chinese solar entrepreneur race to lead the clean energy future. The r

There is a useful directness to Birdboy: The Forgotten Children, an animated adventure shaped by Pedro Rivero with a firm understanding of its audience. In Birdboy: The Forgotten Children, Andrea Alzuri provides the anchor while Eba Ojanguren introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Birdboy: The Forgotten Children opens from this situation: Three children decide to leave their homes looking for a better life. The resulting its 1h 16m running tim

There is a useful directness to Prophet's Prey, a documentary shaped by Amy Berg with a firm understanding of its audience. In Prophet's Prey, Nick Cave provides the anchor while Elaine Anderson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Prophet's Prey opens from this situation: When Warren Jeffs rose to Prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, he took control of a religion with a history of polygamous and underage marriage. The

There is a useful directness to What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy, a documentary shaped by David Evans with a firm understanding of its audience. In What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy, Niklas Frank provides the anchor while Horst von Wächter introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy opens from this situation: A human rights lawyer conducts conversations with two men whose fathers were indicted as war crimina

There is a useful directness to The Phone, an action film shaped by Kim Bong Joo with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Phone, Son Hyeon ju provides the anchor while Uhm Ji won introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Phone opens from this situation: A magnetic field anomaly allows a man to phone back into the past to his wife, who was murdered years ago. The resulting its 1h 55m running time feels most convincing whenever The Pho

There is a useful directness to Censored Voices, a documentary shaped by Mor Loushy with a firm understanding of its audience. In Censored Voices, Amos Oz provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Censored Voices opens from this situation: CENSORED VOICES combines raw original recordings of Israeli soldiers recounting their fears and doubts following Israel's 1967 Six Day War, using arc

There is a useful directness to The Pearl Button, a documentary shaped by Patricio Guzmán with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Pearl Button, Martín Calderón provides the anchor while Cristina introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Pearl Button opens from this situation: Delving into the nearly religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's c

There is a useful directness to Closet Monster, a mystery shaped by Stephen Dunn with a firm understanding of its audience. In Closet Monster, Aaron Abrams provides the anchor while Jack Fulton introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Closet Monster opens from this situation: A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood. The resulting its 1h 30m running time feels most co

There is a useful directness to Danny Says, a documentary shaped by Brendan Toller with a firm understanding of its audience. In Danny Says, Mx Justin Vivian Bond provides the anchor while John Cale introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Danny Says opens from this situation: The life and times of music manager and publicist Danny Fields, who worked with some of the biggest acts of the '60s and '70s, including the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed, Nico,