Assassins

 An interesting doco though inevitably due to the nature of its subject, it's a little too reliant on some fairly distant talking heads. Lots of surprising twists and turns as two young women at the middle of an international incident find themselves at risk, and how things resolve has its own surprises. It's a story that doesn't quite have the visuals or the narrative completeness to completely work - it ends up leaving a few too many loose ends and a couple of conclusions aren't completely proved.

Miniari

 A sweet tale of a Korean family starting a life in rural Arkansas, struggling to start a farm in an unfamiliar community. Told largely from the perspective of the son, this is a masterpiece of gentle humour, drama and pathos as the family struggles together and apart to deal with their circumstances in the face of a hostile environment.

Zappa

 A little muddled but interesting tale of a musician who never really quite fits any of the labels you might want to put on him - the rock star whose only hit was a novelty song he wrote with his daughter, the freaky looking fellow who deeply studied his musicianship and was anti-drug, the apparent failure who ended up posthumously awarded a Grammy and a spot in the Rock N Roll hall of fame, and the way-out-freak whose final works were done with Symphony Orchestras and who became a cultural attaché for Czechoslovakia. This is basically an assembly of archival material with some side interviews and as a result I don't think it gets particularly close to the centre of a guy who probably wouldn't like to be in this kinda spotlight anyway, but it's intriguing.

Firestarter

 A great narrative telling the story of 3 indigenous brothers and the dance company they started, creating an internationally successful company through determination and skill. Has strong narrative twists and turns, presents the dance well (particularly the extraordinary Russell Page) and provides strong historical context about the cultural movements that created the opportunities and the effects this work has had subsequently

Another Round

 A funny reflective piece about four men who experiment with consuming more alcohol to reduce their inhibitions and assist their lives only to find things falling into dissaray - it's basically a chance to look at Danish men in midlife crisis mode, finding engagement in their inhibition losing and with each other - they're an interesting mix, each with their own dramas, and the choice of how the story goes mixes humour with pathos, as all four find their balances. Also worth sticking through for some truly spectacular Mads Mikkleson dance moves near the end!

The Nest

An intriguing portrait of a marriage on the edge of collapse as the husband's struggles against the limits of his charm and persuasiveness meets the wife's exhaustion with the lies and manipulations - and we get to see how this starts to impact on their two very different children. The mid-80s milieu lends urgency to Law's battle against the uncertainties of his financial job, and also lends some great sountrack moments, though I don't know it really finds a solid resolution.