Alex Saveliev

Wake Up on Mars

By Alex Saveliev | April 2020

TRIBECA 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Filmmaker Dea Gjinovci displays the assurance and skill of a much more seasoned director with her ineffaceable…

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TRIBECA 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Filmmaker Dea Gjinovci displays the assurance and skill of a much more seasoned director with her ineffaceable debut,...

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Not to be confused with the 2019 DreamWorks Animation feature, nor the 2006 Syfy movie, Jamaal Burden's Abominable is an absolute disaster. Now, I wasn't...

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The title of Greg Barker's latest documentary, The Longest War, refers to the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. The war has been going on for over 40 years,...

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Celebration, Olivier Meyrou's voyeuristic documentary about the legendary fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent's final couture show, has been shelved since...

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Sophie Kargman's delightful short Query centers around two young men at a significant junction in their lives. A gamut of emotion smolders, veiled by the...

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"Humor is tragedy plus time" is a quote often attributed to Mark Twain and cunningly utilized by Woody Allen in Crimes and Misdemeanors. In 1640, renowned...

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Mike Doyle’s dramedy Almost Love is a commendable achievement for many reasons. It views contemporary relationships through the prism of a gay couple,...

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We all harbor secrets. Sometimes, those secrets drive us to do things we will forever regret. The titular heroine of Vitalina Varela, the lyrical new film...

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SXSW 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! If cinematic auteur/weirdo extraordinaire Quentin Dupieux were to collaborate with someone like Raw’s Julia Ducournau,...

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SXSW 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Back in 1994, Madeline Stowe, Drew Barrymore, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Andie MacDowell donned cowboy hats in Jonathan...

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