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There is a useful directness to Girl Asleep, a comedy shaped by Rosemary Myers with a firm understanding of its audience. In Girl Asleep, Bethany Whitmore provides the anchor while Harrison Feldman introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Girl Asleep opens from this situation: The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. The resulting its 1h 17m running time feels most convincing whenever Girl Asleep trusts behaviour more than explanation. ⁠ In Gi

There is a useful directness to Worlds Apart, a romance shaped by Christopher Papakaliatis with a firm understanding of its audience. In Worlds Apart, J.K. Simmons provides the anchor while Maria Kavoyianni introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Worlds Apart opens from this situation: In modern Greece, while socioeconomic turmoil ravages Southern Europe, three distinct stories unfold, each representing a different generation of Greeks in love

There is a useful directness to Too Late, a crime drama shaped by Dennis Hauck with a firm understanding of its audience. In Too Late, Dichen Lachman provides the anchor while Dash Mihok introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Too Late opens from this situation: Explores the tangled relationship between a troubled private investigator and the missing woman he's hired to help find. The resulting its 1h 47m running time feels most convincing when

There is a useful directness to Only You, a comedy shaped by Hao Zhang with a firm understanding of its audience. In Only You, Silvia Bottini provides the anchor while Fan Liao introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Only You opens from this situation: A woman, unhappy with her fiancé, travels to Italy to find her true love; and all she knows about him is his name. The resulting its 1h 54m running time feels most convincing whenever Only You tr

There is a useful directness to Mifune: The Last Samurai, a documentary shaped by Steven Okazaki with a firm understanding of its audience. In Mifune: The Last Samurai, Wataru Akashi provides the anchor while Kyôko Kagawa introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Mifune: The Last Samurai opens from this situation: A feature length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills,

There is a useful directness to Tomorrow, a documentary shaped by Cyril Dion with a firm understanding of its audience. In Tomorrow, Anthony Barnosky provides the anchor while Olivier De Schutter introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Tomorrow opens from this situation: The world's climate is changing. The resulting its 1h 58m running time feels most convincing whenever Tomorrow trusts behaviour more than explanation. ⁠ Cyril Dion shapes Tomor

There is a useful directness to Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, a documentary shaped by Douglas Tirola with a firm understanding of its audience. In Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, Danny Abelson provides the anchor while Judd Apatow introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead opens from this situation: A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1

There is a useful directness to Creative Control, a science fiction film shaped by Benjamin Dickinson with a firm understanding of its audience. In Creative Control, Benjamin Dickinson provides the anchor while Nora Zehetner introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Creative Control opens from this situation: In near future Brooklyn, an ad executive uses a new Augmented Reality technology to conduct an affair with his best friend's girlfriend...s

There is a useful directness to Office, a comedy shaped by Johnnie To with a firm understanding of its audience. In Office, Sylvia Chang provides the anchor while Chow Yun Fat introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Office opens from this situation: A musical set mainly in a corporate high rise. The resulting its 1h 59m running time feels most convincing whenever Office trusts behaviour more than explanation. ⁠ What Office has to say is rooted

There is a useful directness to Microbe & Gasoline, a comedy shaped by Michel Gondry with a firm understanding of its audience. In Microbe & Gasoline, Ange Dargent provides the anchor while Théophile Baquet introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Microbe & Gasoline opens from this situation: Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves. The resulting its 1h 45m running time feels most convincing whene

There is a useful directness to King Georges, a documentary shaped by Erika Frankel with a firm understanding of its audience. In King Georges, Nicholas Elmi provides the anchor while Georges Perrier introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, King Georges opens from this situation: Documentary about Philadelphia restaurateur Georges Perrier and the closing of his iconic restaurant, Le Bec Fin. The resulting its 1h 17m running time feels most convi

There is a useful directness to People Places Things, a comedy shaped by Jim Strouse with a firm understanding of its audience. In People Places Things, Jemaine Clement provides the anchor while Regina Hall introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, People Places Things opens from this situation: Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing parenting his young twin daughters and a classroom full of students while exploring and navigatin