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Blue Ruin (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Jeremy Saulnier; Writer: Jeremy Saulnier; Stars: Devin Ratray, Eve Plumb, Amy Hargreaves, David W Thompson, Bonnie Johnson)
Unexpected news transforms an easy-going vagrant into a man bent on revenge.
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Concussion (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Stacie Passon; Writer: Stacie Passon; Stars: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Julie Fain Lawrence, Emily Kinney, Laila Robins)
A frustrated woman secretly becomes a lesbian escort.
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Go For Sisters (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: John Sayles; Stars: Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross, Edward James Olmos)
A tough parole officer turns to her one time best friend, now a habitual criminal, for help in finding her missing son.
Hank And Asha (Country: US, Czech Republic; Year: 2013; Director: James E Duff; Writer: James E Duff; Stars: Mahira Kakkar, Andrew Pastides, Brian Sloan)
A Czech film student corresponds with a film director in the US, but will their blossoming romance survive a face to face meeting?
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Night Moves (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Kelly Reichardt; Writer: Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt; Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Sarsgaard, Alia Shawkat, James Le Gros, Clara Mamet, Lew Temple, Katherine Waterston, Nate Mooney, Logan Miller, Matt Malloy, Kai Lennox, Barry Del Sherman, Griffin Newman, Bart McCarthy)
Three people plot an act of eco-terrorism.
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The Red Robin (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Michael Z Wechsler; Stars: Judd Hirsch, Ryan O’Nan, CS Lee)
As a Nobel prize winning scientist lies on his deathbed, his gathering family is riven by accusations that he was a war criminal.
Run & Jump (Run And Jump) (Country: Ireland, Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Steph Green; Writer: Steph Green, Ailbhe Keogan; Stars: Maxine Peake, Edward MacLiam, Will Forte, Ciara Gallagher, Ruth McCabe)
A woman struggles to deal with her husband's personality changes after he suffers a stroke.
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