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There is a useful directness to Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, a documentary shaped by Stephen Nomura Schible with a firm understanding of its audience. In Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, Yellow Magic Orchestra provides the anchor while Ryuichi Sakamoto introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda opens from this situation: A portrait of genius music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. The resulting its 1h 40m running time feels most convincing whene

There is a useful directness to Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, a documentary shaped by Thomas Piper with a firm understanding of its audience. In Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, the lead performer provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf opens from this situation: Director Thomas Piper filmed the garden designer Piet Oudolf

There is a useful directness to Love After Love, a romance shaped by Russell Harbaugh with a firm understanding of its audience. In Love After Love, Andie MacDowell provides the anchor while Chris O'Dowd introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Love After Love opens from this situation: Following the death of their father, two sons deal with the trials of their own lives while watching their mother explore new beginnings of her own. The resultin

There is a useful directness to Explosion, an action film shaped by Chang Zheng with a firm understanding of its audience. In Explosion, Duan Yihong provides the anchor while Yu Nan introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Explosion opens from this situation: Zhao Xudong, a blaster technician, survives a mine explosion that kills four workers. The resulting its 1h 46m running time feels most convincing whenever Explosion trusts behaviour more th

There is a useful directness to Buena Vista Social Club: Adios, a documentary shaped by Lucy Walker with a firm understanding of its audience. In Buena Vista Social Club: Adios, Wim Wenders provides the anchor while Ry Cooder introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Buena Vista Social Club: Adios opens from this situation: Revisit with the remaining original members of the Buena Vista Social Club and explore their contribution to the unknown his

There is a useful directness to Daisy Winters, a drama shaped by Beth LaMure with a firm understanding of its audience. In Daisy Winters, Carrie Preston provides the anchor while Poorna Jagannathan introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Daisy Winters opens from this situation: The 11 year old daughter of a woman who has been battling cancer for years plots together with her best friend a way to escape from eventually having to live with her ha

There is a useful directness to The Thousand Faces of Dunjia, an action film shaped by Yuen Woo Ping with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Thousand Faces of Dunjia, Da Peng provides the anchor while Ni Ni introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Thousand Faces of Dunjia opens from this situation: A group of warriors protect the world from a monster invasion. The resulting its 1h 53m running time feels most convincing whenever The

There is a useful directness to Lost & Found, a comedy shaped by Liam O Mochain with a firm understanding of its audience. In Lost & Found, Liam O Mochain provides the anchor while Norma Sheahan introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Lost & Found opens from this situation: Seven interconnecting stories set in and around a lost and found office of an Irish train station. The resulting its 1h 36m running time feels most convincing whenever Lost

There is a useful directness to 120 BPM, a drama shaped by Robin Campillo with a firm understanding of its audience. In 120 BPM, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart provides the anchor while Arnaud Valois introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, 120 BPM opens from this situation: Members of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s. The resulting its 2h 23m runn

There is a useful directness to The Young Karl Marx, a biographical drama shaped by Raoul Peck with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Young Karl Marx, August Diehl provides the anchor while Stefan Konarske introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Young Karl Marx opens from this situation: The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London. The resulting its 1h 58m running time feels m

There is a useful directness to Monster Family, an animated adventure shaped by Holger Tappe with a firm understanding of its audience. In Monster Family, Dirk Stollberg provides the anchor while Emily Watson introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Monster Family opens from this situation: Despite the title, the Wishbone family are far from happy. The resulting its 1h 33m running time feels most convincing whenever Monster Family trusts behavio

There is a useful directness to City of Ghosts, a documentary shaped by Matthew Heineman with a firm understanding of its audience. In City of Ghosts, Abdelaziz Alhamza provides the anchor while Mohamad Almusari introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, City of Ghosts opens from this situation: The anonymous activists who exposed ISIS atrocities in Raqqa. The resulting its 1h 32m running time feels most convincing whenever City of Ghosts trusts b