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There is a useful directness to Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer, a documentary shaped by Mark Landsman with a firm understanding of its audience. In Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer, Ken Auletta provides the anchor while Malcolm Balfour introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer opens from this situation: 'Scandalous' is the sensational true story of The Nat

There is a useful directness to Armstrong, a documentary shaped by David Fairhead with a firm understanding of its audience. In Armstrong, Harrison Ford provides the anchor while Neil Armstrong introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Armstrong opens from this situation: Dramatic, moving and deeply human, ARMSTRONG offers the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong: from his childhood in Ohio to his first steps on the Moon, and beyond. The resul

There is a useful directness to Foster Boy, a thriller shaped by Youssef Delara with a firm understanding of its audience. In Foster Boy, Matthew Modine provides the anchor while Shane Paul McGhie introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Foster Boy opens from this situation: Michael is a high powered lawyer and Jamal is an angry young man who has been imprisoned after years of abuse in the foster care system. The resulting its 1h 49m running tim

There is a useful directness to Prassthanam, a drama shaped by Deva Katta with a firm understanding of its audience. In Prassthanam, Sanjay Dutt provides the anchor while Jackie Shroff introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Prassthanam opens from this situation: A rural politician marries a widow with kids and gains a respectable position. The resulting its 2h 21m running time feels most convincing whenever Prassthanam trusts behaviour more th

There is a useful directness to The Sound of Silence, a drama shaped by Michael Tyburski with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Sound of Silence, Peter Sarsgaard provides the anchor while Rashida Jones introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Sound of Silence opens from this situation: A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a probl

There is a useful directness to Light of My Life, a thriller shaped by Casey Affleck with a firm understanding of its audience. In Light of My Life, Anna Pniowsky provides the anchor while Casey Affleck introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Light of My Life opens from this situation: A father and his child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. The resulting its 1h 59m run

There is a useful directness to Round of Your Life, a sports drama shaped by Dylan Thomas Ellis with a firm understanding of its audience. In Round of Your Life, Cole Allen provides the anchor while Ximena Alvarez introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Round of Your Life opens from this situation: Taylor, a gifted golfer, rejects the sport after his father's accident, but with support from family and faith, he pursues the state championship to

There is a useful directness to The Cordillera of Dreams, a documentary shaped by Patricio Guzmán with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Cordillera of Dreams, Patricio Guzmán provides the anchor while Álvaro Amigo introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Cordillera of Dreams opens from this situation: Patricio Guzmán left Chile more than 40 years ago when the military dictatorship took over the government. The resulting its 1h 24m

There is a useful directness to The Hole in the Ground, a horror film shaped by Lee Cronin with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Hole in the Ground, Seána Kerslake provides the anchor while James Quinn Markey introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Hole in the Ground opens from this situation: A single mother living in the Irish countryside with her son begins to suspect he may not be her son at all, and fears his increasingly d

There is a useful directness to Young Ahmed, a drama shaped by Jean Pierre Dardenne with a firm understanding of its audience. In Young Ahmed, Idir Ben Addi provides the anchor while Olivier Bonnaud introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Young Ahmed opens from this situation: A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran. The resulting its 1h 25m running time feels most convincin

There is a useful directness to Gully, a crime drama shaped by Nabil Elderkin with a firm understanding of its audience. In Gully, Kelvin Harrison Jr. provides the anchor while Jacob Latimore introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Gully opens from this situation: It follows three disaffected teens through the underbelly of Los Angeles as they navigate the challenges of being marginalized youth in an unforgiving America. The resulting its 1h 24

There is a useful directness to Premature, a romance shaped by Rashaad Ernesto Green with a firm understanding of its audience. In Premature, Zora Howard provides the anchor while Joshua Boone introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Premature opens from this situation: Seventeen year old Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious Isaiah in her path toward self discovery. The resulting its 1h 30m running time feels most convincing whenever Premature t