From the outside, everyone looks like they know what they are doing. These films remind you that most people are improvising. The ones who look certain are often the most lost.
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
This film is specifically about the gap between how people look and what is actually going on.
Reassuring in the right way
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
The confident exteriors do not survive contact with the story. Reassuring in the right way.
Reassuring in the right way
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
The confident exteriors do not survive contact with the story. Reassuring in the right way.
Reassuring in the right way
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
This film is specifically about the gap between how people look and what is actually going on.
Reassuring in the right way
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
This film is specifically about the gap between how people look and what is actually going on.
Surfaces the uncertainty underneath
Reassuring in the right way
The silence is part of it. Let it be quiet.
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
The confident exteriors do not survive contact with the story. Reassuring in the right way.
Reassuring in the right way
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
This film is specifically about the gap between how people look and what is actually going on.
Surfaces the uncertainty underneath
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
The confident exteriors do not survive contact with the story. Reassuring in the right way.
Surfaces the uncertainty underneath
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
The confident exteriors do not survive contact with the story. Reassuring in the right way.
Reassuring in the right way
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.
This film is specifically about the gap between how people look and what is actually going on.
Reassuring in the right way
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.