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Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel
Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel begins with an appealing promise: Seth Kramer will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Corey Baker and Jeremy Bleich gives Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel an immediate pulse. The story of Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel begins from a specific pressure point: A team of nice Jewish baseball players takes on the world. By the end of its 1h 27m runn
Aug 103 min read
Agent Mr. Chan
Agent Mr. Chan begins with an appealing promise: Jeff Cheung will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Dayo Wong and Charmaine Sheh gives Agent Mr. Chan an immediate pulse. The story of Agent Mr. Chan begins from a specific pressure point: A disgraced agent is forced to come back for one last undercover assignment. By the end of its 1h 41m running time, the value of Agent Mr. Chan rests less on novel
Aug 103 min read
Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy
Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy begins with an appealing promise: Yuen Woo Ping will treat its action film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jin Zhang and Dave Bautista gives Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy an immediate pulse. The story of Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy begins from a specific pressure point: While keeping a low profile after his defeat by Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi gets into trouble after getting in a fight with
Aug 103 min read
Dark Money
Dark Money begins with an appealing promise: Kimberly Reed will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jon Tester and Debra Bonogofsky gives Dark Money an immediate pulse. The story of Dark Money begins from a specific pressure point: It's about thwarting any election that is against progressives. By the end of its 1h 39m running time, the value of Dark Money rests less on novelty than on the care
Aug 103 min read
Fragments of Truth
Fragments of Truth begins with an appealing promise: Reuben Evans will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Georgia Angelopoulos and Jacques Berchtold gives Fragments of Truth an immediate pulse. The story of Fragments of Truth begins from a specific pressure point: Dr Craig Evans travels the globe to track down the most ancient New Testament manuscripts. By the end of its 1h 15m running time, t
Aug 103 min read
Swing Kids
Swing Kids begins with an appealing promise: Kang Hyoung chul will treat its music drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between A.J. Simmons and Oh Jung se gives Swing Kids an immediate pulse. The story of Swing Kids begins from a specific pressure point: The story of Ro Gi Soo, a tap dancing North Korean soldier who was held captive in the Geoje prison camp during the Korean War. By the end of its 2h 13m running time,
Aug 103 min read
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A begins with an appealing promise: Steve Loveridge will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between M.I.A. and Spike Jonze gives Matangi/Maya/M.I.A an immediate pulse. The story of Matangi/Maya/M.I.A begins from a specific pressure point: Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who co
Aug 102 min read
American Woman
American Woman begins with an appealing promise: Jake Scott will treat its mystery framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Sienna Miller and Sky Ferreira gives American Woman an immediate pulse. The story of American Woman begins from a specific pressure point: A woman raises her young grandson after her daughter goes missing. By the end of its 1h 51m running time, the value of American Woman rests less on novelty than
Aug 103 min read
Skate Kitchen
Skate Kitchen begins with an appealing promise: Crystal Moselle will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Rachelle Vinberg and Dede Lovelace gives Skate Kitchen an immediate pulse. The story of Skate Kitchen begins from a specific pressure point: A teenaged skateboarder makes friends with a bunch of other skateboarding girls in New York City. By the end of its 1h 46m running time, the value of Skate K
Aug 103 min read
Alien Intrusion: Unmasking a Deception
Alien Intrusion: Unmasking a Deception begins with an appealing promise: Gary Bates will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Gary Bates and Robert Carter gives Alien Intrusion: Unmasking a Deception an immediate pulse. The story of Alien Intrusion: Unmasking a Deception begins from a specific pressure point: A look into the possibility that aliens are actually demonic spirits merely pretending
Aug 103 min read
Generation Wealth
Generation Wealth begins with an appealing promise: Lauren Greenfield will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Lauren Greenfield and Bret Easton Ellis gives Generation Wealth an immediate pulse. The story of Generation Wealth begins from a specific pressure point: A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen. By the end of its 1h
Aug 103 min read
The Fireflies Are Gone
The Fireflies Are Gone begins with an appealing promise: Sébastien Pilote will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Karelle Tremblay and Pierre Luc Brillant gives The Fireflies Are Gone an immediate pulse. The story of The Fireflies Are Gone begins from a specific pressure point: A frustrated teenager frees herself from her mother's influence and her narrow life in a small industrial town to find out
Aug 103 min read
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