Alex Saveliev

A Great Divide

By Alex Saveliev | December 2024

Regrettably, filmmaker Jean Shim resorts to the most basic tropes and on-the-nose rhetoric in her latest exploration of racism in America, A…

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Regrettably, filmmaker Jean Shim resorts to the most basic tropes and on-the-nose rhetoric in her latest exploration of racism in America, A Great Divide....

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NOW IN THEATERS! Not since Midsommar has poor Sweden been as maliciously depicted as in Steffen Haars's insane horror-comedy Get Away. And by "insane," I...

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Melissa Fisher’s short drama Buscando Alma seems deceptively straightforward. It takes skill to say a lot while barely parting lips, but that’s exactly...

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What a trip Spain must be for Americans! The joie de vivre is so palpable in the air, the sun-kissed buildings, the saturated colors, the siestas and...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Since first enthralling the world as an aging hitman in Taken 16 years ago, Liam Neeson has played a variation of that character 16 times....

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Tyler Chipman’s debut horror feature, The Shade, is almost a good movie. It has solid production values, a compelling lead, some genuine scares, and an...

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Similarly to George Clooney’s recent yawner The Boys in the Boat, Andrew Kightlinger’s adaptation of Donn Fendler’s true-story novella Lost on a...

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The short dramedy We’re Not Done Yet is about everything and nothing. It takes a special skill to convey such emotional depth with next-to-no plot....

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Bernardo Ruiz’s succinct and relevant documentary Latino Vote 2024 provides a glimpse into the Latino communities in the United States – specifically,...

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NEW IN THEATERS! Sean Baker can do no wrong. His three most notable features – Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket – are all bona fide...

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