Alex Saveliev

Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds

By Alex Saveliev | October 2024

Benoît Chieux’s gorgeously animated Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds feels like a breath of fresh air in the vacuum of…

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Benoît Chieux’s gorgeously animated Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds feels like a breath of fresh air in the vacuum of Disney’s recent...

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Writer-director Michael Felker’s debut feature Things Will Be Different requires viewers to get on its otherworldly, endlessly puzzling wavelength. Those...

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Like a good home-cooked meal, Brendan Walsh’s charming little dramedy I’ll Be Right There serves you exactly what you expect. And there’s nothing...

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Initially released in 2012, Rob Margoiles's She Wants Me has a lot going for it. There's disarming sweetness, a careful balancing of tones, and solid lead...

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Jon Watts’ Wolfs relies heavily on the wattage of its star power to carry a narrative that is only mildly inventive. Its belief in its own cleverness is...

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Michael Day’s Clawfoot is one f***ed-up flick. It maintains an ice-cold satirical tone while upping the ante on casual viciousness, morphing from a...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Writer-director Pat Boonnitipat’s feature Thai debut, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, brims with wisdom and insight, its grim...

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Talk about bad titles. I don't know whose brilliant idea it was to add the subtitle The Dry 2 to the bland but acceptable Force of Nature, as it does...

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Michael Showalter co-wrote the wildly underrated, raunchy 2014 comedy They Came Together (note the title’s obvious double entendre), which brilliantly...

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I love a good old-fashioned Western. Derek Estlin Purvis, who wrote and directed The Ballad of Davy Crockett, clearly shares my passion. Every shot makes...

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