Alex Saveliev

Fire Will Come

By Alex Saveliev | October 2020

After beating a handsome young man to a pulp, a character in David Fincher’s classic Fight Club proclaims, “I wanted to destroy something beautiful.”…

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After beating a handsome young man to a pulp, a character in David Fincher’s classic Fight Club proclaims, “I wanted to destroy something...

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"Today, everybody's a fuc*ing genius," states Joanne (Betsy Randle), the obsessive protagonist of Cory Wexler Grant's ambitious debut, Painter. The...

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AFI FEST 2020 REVIEW! "Each one of these stones from darker worlds out there has its own story," Werner Herzog states with his distinct raspy accent in...

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AFI FEST 2020 REVIEW! Errol Morris is inarguably one of our greatest documentarians. A brief glimpse at his filmography – Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue...

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AFI FEST 2020 REVIEW! Tom Hanks. Hugh Jackman. Keanu Reeves. Jack Black. There is a category of actors so charming and loveable both on and off-screen, you...

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AFI FEST 2020 REVIEW! "You don't eat apples?" a character is asked in Christos Nikou's absurdist treatise on memory and identity, Apples. "I don't...

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AFI FEST 2020 REVIEW! Riz Ahmed's tragic turn in Dan Gilroy's 2014 masterpiece Nightcrawler turned me into a fan. However, since then, Ahmed has been...

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Mike Figgis, the indie cinematic auteur and musician known primarily for films like 1995's Leaving Las Vegas, has been largely out of the spotlight since...

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AFI FEST 2020 REVIEW! Described by first-time screenwriter Felicia Pride as "Love Jones meets Blue Valentine set in D.C.," Angel Kristi Williams'...

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No one would rationally expect the man behind Disneynature fare such as Penguins, Elephant, and Diving with Dolphins to make his directorial debut with...

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