Roadside Attractions (USA): 2

The comedy-drama film, A Hologram for the King (2016), is a creation of writer, director, and co-composer Tom Tykwer. It is based on the novel by Dave Eggers published in 2012. Starring American salesman Alan Clay, the film follows his mission to sell a holographic teleconferencing system to the Saudi government and present it to their King. Clay was offered this opportunity due to his brief encounter with one of the King’s nephews. However, he carries baggage from a previous job where he witnessed layoffs and financial ruin caused by outsourcing production. ...

The action drama film, All Is Lost (2013), is written and directed by J. C. Chandor and stars Robert Redford as the main character. Redford is the only actor in the film, which has a total of 51 spoken English words. The story begins with a flash-forward where the man narrates a letter to the people he will miss. As the camera shows a lost shipping container in the ocean, we are taken back eight days earlier when the man wakes up to find his boat flooded with water after colliding with a stray container. He uses a sea ...