All Articles

What stands out first about Still Here is the confidence with which Vlad Feier establishes its crime drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Still Here asks Johnny Whitworth and Zazie Beetz to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Still Here is established with useful clarity: A New York journalist who gets assigned the story of a missing African American young girl, risks his career and takes the matter into his own hands trying to find he

What stands out first about Memories of My Father is the confidence with which Fernando Trueba establishes its historical drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Memories of My Father asks Javier Cámara and Nicolás Reyes Cano to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Memories of My Father is established with useful clarity: An author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in C

What stands out first about Sex and the Future is the confidence with which Luis Carlos Hueck establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Sex and the Future asks Revell Carpenter and Ellie Patrikios to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Sex and the Future is established with useful clarity: Two socially inept inventors create a female robot and realize they can profit from mass production. That direct approach lets Sex and t

What stands out first about Unoponchash Batash is the confidence with which Masud Hasan Ujjal establishes its romance identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Unoponchash Batash asks Sharlin Farzana and Imtiaz Barshon to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Unoponchash Batash is established with useful clarity: A university student falls in love with a medical sales representative. That direct approach lets Unoponchash Batash use its 2h 27m runni

What stands out first about Blood Widow is the confidence with which Brendan Guy Murphy establishes its horror film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Blood Widow asks James Craven and Dallas Thomas to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Blood Widow is established with useful clarity: A serial killer is terrorizing Arizona with the police in hot pursuit. That direct approach lets Blood Widow use its 1h 34m running time for character, atmos

What stands out first about Bang! Bang! is the confidence with which Nicholas Joseph Cunha establishes its action film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Bang! Bang! asks Nicole Fahel and Lucas Mogerley to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Bang! Bang! is established with useful clarity: When five teenagers decide to rob a supermarket, they quickly discover that their actions have consequences. That direct approach lets Bang! Bang! use it

What stands out first about 12 Hour Shift is the confidence with which Brea Grant establishes its horror film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, 12 Hour Shift asks Angela Bettis and Julianne Dowler to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of 12 Hour Shift is established with useful clarity: Bodies start to pile up when a drug user nurse and her cousin try to find a replacement kidney for an organ trafficker. That direct approach lets 12 Hour Sh

What stands out first about What We Found is the confidence with which Ben Hickernell establishes its horror film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, What We Found asks Jordan Aaron Hall and Oona Laurence to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of What We Found is established with useful clarity: A trio of friends are starting high school when their friend vanishes. That direct approach lets What We Found use its 1h 50m running time for charact

What stands out first about I Am Lisa is the confidence with which Patrick Rea establishes its horror film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, I Am Lisa asks Kristen Vaganos and Jennifer Seward to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of I Am Lisa is established with useful clarity: A sadistic, small town sheriff and her underlings brutalize Lisa and leave her for dead in the woods. That direct approach lets I Am Lisa use its 1h 32m running time

What stands out first about Gossamer Folds is the confidence with which Lisa Dash Donato establishes its drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Gossamer Folds asks Jackson Robert Scott and Alexandra Grey to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Gossamer Folds is established with useful clarity: Uprooted to a Kansas City neighborhood, a 10 year old boy develops an unlikely friendship with a retired professor and his transgender daughter. Th

What stands out first about Resistance is the confidence with which Jonathan Jakubowicz establishes its romance identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Resistance asks Jesse Eisenberg and Clémence Poésy to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Resistance is established with useful clarity: The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World

What stands out first about There Is No Evil is the confidence with which Mohammad Rasoulof establishes its drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, There Is No Evil asks Baran Rasoulof and Mahtab Servati to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of There Is No Evil is established with useful clarity: The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can