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Turbo Kid
There is a useful directness to Turbo Kid, a comedy shaped by François Simard with a firm understanding of its audience. In Turbo Kid, Munro Chambers provides the anchor while Laurence Leboeuf introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Turbo Kid opens from this situation: In a post apocalyptic wasteland in 1997, a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord. The resulting
Aug 103 min read
The Messenger
There is a useful directness to The Messenger, a documentary shaped by Su Rynard with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Messenger, Erin Byne provides the anchor while Dominik Eulberg introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Messenger opens from this situation: The Messenger is an artful investigation into the causes of songbird mass depletion and the people working to turn the tide. The resulting its 1h 29m running time feels most
Aug 103 min read
Freaks of Nature
There is a useful directness to Freaks of Nature, a horror film shaped by Robbie Pickering with a firm understanding of its audience. In Freaks of Nature, Nicholas Braun provides the anchor while Mackenzie Davis introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Freaks of Nature opens from this situation: In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace until the alien apocalypse arrived. The resulting its 1h 32m running time
Aug 103 min read
Sweet 20
There is a useful directness to Sweet 20, a comedy shaped by Phan Gia Nhat Linh with a firm understanding of its audience. In Sweet 20, Hong Anh provides the anchor while Vi Van Hua introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Sweet 20 opens from this situation: Mrs Dai, a 70 year old grandmother, suddenly finds that she has been transformed into her 20 year old self. The resulting its 2h 7m running time feels most convincing whenever Sweet 20 trust
Aug 103 min read
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
There is a useful directness to Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, a documentary shaped by Jeremy Coon with a firm understanding of its audience. In Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, Chris Strompolos provides the anchor while Eric Zala introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made opens from this situation: A documentary of the story behind Raiders of th
Aug 103 min read
Les Cowboys
There is a useful directness to Les Cowboys, a thriller shaped by Thomas Bidegain with a firm understanding of its audience. In Les Cowboys, François Damiens provides the anchor while Finnegan Oldfield introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Les Cowboys opens from this situation: When his daughter goes missing from their prairie town east of France, Alain and his young son, Kid, head out to find her. The resulting its 1h 44m running time feels
Aug 103 min read
Dragon Blade
There is a useful directness to Dragon Blade, an action film shaped by Daniel Lee with a firm understanding of its audience. In Dragon Blade, Jackie Chan provides the anchor while John Cusack introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Dragon Blade opens from this situation: When corrupt Roman leader Tiberius arrives with a giant army to claim the Silk Road, Huo An teams up his army with an elite Legion of defected Roman soldiers led by General Luc
Aug 103 min read
Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World
There is a useful directness to Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World, a documentary shaped by Dana Nachman with a firm understanding of its audience. In Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World, Miles Scott provides the anchor while Eric Johnston introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World opens from this situation: On one day, in one city, the world comes together to grant one 5 year o
Aug 103 min read
Don't Blink
There is a useful directness to Don't Blink, a documentary shaped by Laura Israel with a firm understanding of its audience. In Don't Blink, Robert Frank provides the anchor while Sid Kaplan introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Don't Blink opens from this situation: Robert Frank revolutionized photography and independent film. The resulting its 1h 22m running time feels most convincing whenever Don't Blink trusts behaviour more than explanat
Aug 102 min read
Colliding Dreams
There is a useful directness to Colliding Dreams, a documentary shaped by Joseph Dorman with a firm understanding of its audience. In Colliding Dreams, Alan Rosenberg provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Colliding Dreams opens from this situation: COLLIDING DREAMS recounts the dramatic history of one of the most controversial, and urgently relevant political ideologies of the moder
Aug 103 min read
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
There is a useful directness to Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story, a documentary shaped by Daniel Raim with a firm understanding of its audience. In Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story, Lillian Michelson provides the anchor while Harold Michelson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story opens from this situation: Harold and Lillian eloped to Hollywood in 1947, where they became the film
Aug 103 min read
Nasty Baby
There is a useful directness to Nasty Baby, a drama shaped by Sebastián Silva with a firm understanding of its audience. In Nasty Baby, Sebastián Silva provides the anchor while Tunde Adebimpe introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Nasty Baby opens from this situation: A close knit trio navigates the idea of creating life, while at the same time being confronted with a brutal scenario. The resulting its 1h 41m running time feels most convincin
Aug 103 min read
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