Alex Saveliev

Werewolf

By Alex Saveliev | December 2020

There are no actual werewolves in Polish filmmaker Adrian Panek’s blend of WWII drama and psychological horror Werewolf. The somewhat misleading title refers…

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There are no actual werewolves in Polish filmmaker Adrian Panek's blend of WWII drama and psychological horror Werewolf. The somewhat misleading title...

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Freaky Friday the 13th was the working title for Christopher Landon's new film, which was shortened to just Freaky. I like the obviousness of that...

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If there's anything I learned from Stanley Tong's silly-as-hell action extravaganza Vanguard, it's that every country should have its own Captain America....

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HOLLYSHORTS 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! In Doggerland, writer/director Jack Benjamin Gill eloquently and with searing verisimilitude portrays the lengths...

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HOLLYSHORTS 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! The Sierra Leone civil war – which took the lives of an estimated 70,000 civilians – had roughly 11,000 children...

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HOLLYSHORTS 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Within a swift seven minutes, Robert Broadhurst's quietly scathing indictment of our inherent prejudices, An...

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HOLLYSHORTS 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! The definition of a soulmate is "a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a...

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HOLLYSHORTS 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Talia Osteen showcases impressive filmmaking skills with her debut short film, the slight-but-charming The Shabbos...

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One of the few Russian filmmakers known – and recognized – outside of his home country, Pavel Lungin has been consistently writing and directing...

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Props to filmmaker Jon Cvack for going for broke. In Road to the Well, an ostensibly by-the-book murder mystery, the writer/producer/director blends...

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