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Sorry We Missed You
There is a useful directness to Sorry We Missed You, a drama shaped by Ken Loach with a firm understanding of its audience. In Sorry We Missed You, Kris Hitchen provides the anchor while Debbie Honeywood introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Sorry We Missed You opens from this situation: Hoping that self employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up
Aug 103 min read
Buffaloed
There is a useful directness to Buffaloed, a comedy shaped by Tanya Wexler with a firm understanding of its audience. In Buffaloed, Zoey Deutch provides the anchor while Jai Courtney introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Buffaloed opens from this situation: In the underworld of debt collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY. The resulting its 1h 35m running time feels most convincing whenever Buffaloed trus
Aug 102 min read
The Ground Beneath My Feet
There is a useful directness to The Ground Beneath My Feet, a drama shaped by Marie Kreutzer with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Ground Beneath My Feet, Valerie Pachner provides the anchor while Pia Hierzegger introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Ground Beneath My Feet opens from this situation: A high powered business consultant struggles to keep her professional and personal lives from colliding after her schizophrenic si
Aug 103 min read
Olympic Dreams
There is a useful directness to Olympic Dreams, a comedy shaped by Jeremy Teicher with a firm understanding of its audience. In Olympic Dreams, Nick Kroll provides the anchor while Alexi Pappas introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Olympic Dreams opens from this situation: In the Olympic Athlete Village, a young cross country skier bonds with a volunteer doctor after her competition ends. The resulting its 1h 25m running time feels most convi
Aug 103 min read
Vault
There is a useful directness to Vault, an action film shaped by Tom DeNucci with a firm understanding of its audience. In Vault, Theo Rossi provides the anchor while Clive Standen introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Vault opens from this situation: In 1975, a group of small time criminals attempt to pull off the biggest heist in American history: stealing over $30 million from the Mafia in the smallest state in the union, Rhode Island. The
Aug 102 min read
The Perfect Race
There is a useful directness to The Perfect Race, a sports drama shaped by Dave Christiano with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Perfect Race, Allee Sutton Hethcoat provides the anchor while Bethany Davenport introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Perfect Race opens from this situation: A female athlete at a small Christian college works hard to overcome long odds in trying to win a national title in the 800 meter run. The resu
Aug 103 min read
Lionel Richie at Glastonbury
There is a useful directness to Lionel Richie at Glastonbury, a music drama shaped by the directing team with a firm understanding of its audience. In Lionel Richie at Glastonbury, the lead performer provides the anchor while the principal supporting performer introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Lionel Richie at Glastonbury opens from this situation: . The resulting its 1h 40m running time feels most convincing whenever Lionel Richie at Gla
Aug 103 min read
The Perfect Candidate
There is a useful directness to The Perfect Candidate, a comedy shaped by Haifaa Al Mansour with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Perfect Candidate, Mila Al Zahrani provides the anchor while Dae Al Hilali introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Perfect Candidate opens from this situation: A determined young Saudi doctor's surprise run for office in the local city elections sweeps up her family and community as they struggle to a
Aug 103 min read
After Parkland
There is a useful directness to After Parkland, a documentary shaped by Jake Lefferman with a firm understanding of its audience. In After Parkland, Rebecca Boldrick provides the anchor while Anthony Gonzalez introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, After Parkland opens from this situation: An intimate chronicle of families as they navigate their way through the unthinkable, reckoning with unexpected loss, journeying through grief, and searching
Aug 102 min read
Max Winslow and the House of Secrets
There is a useful directness to Max Winslow and the House of Secrets, a thriller shaped by Sean Olson with a firm understanding of its audience. In Max Winslow and the House of Secrets, Chad Michael Murray provides the anchor while Marina Sirtis introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Max Winslow and the House of Secrets opens from this situation: Five teens compete to win a mansion owned by an eccentric billionaire. The resulting its 1h 38m ru
Aug 103 min read
Memory: The Origins of Alien
There is a useful directness to Memory: The Origins of Alien, a documentary shaped by Alexandre O. Philippe with a firm understanding of its audience. In Memory: The Origins of Alien, Clarke Wolfe provides the anchor while Nicholas Cull introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Memory: The Origins of Alien opens from this situation: An in depth voyage into the sci fi film Alien (1979) with the visionary filmmakers who created it. The resulting it
Aug 103 min read
Golden Voices
There is a useful directness to Golden Voices, a comedy shaped by Evgeny Ruman with a firm understanding of its audience. In Golden Voices, Mariya Belkina provides the anchor while Vladimir Friedman introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Golden Voices opens from this situation: Raya and Victor have built a shared career as the Soviet Union's most beloved film voice actors. The resulting its 1h 28m running time feels most convincing whenever Go
Aug 103 min read
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