Alex Saveliev

The Ghost Who Walks

By Alex Saveliev | February 2020

Filmmaker Cody Stokes is excellent at composing action sequences. The Ghost Who Walks, which he directed and co-wrote, contains several exciting and hard-hitting…

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Filmmaker Cody Stokes is excellent at composing action sequences. The Ghost Who Walks, which he directed and co-wrote, contains several exciting and...

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"Infinity?" the protagonist of Adriana Maggs' biopic Goalie intones. "It's just another fucking number." To mirror his sentiment: in an infinite number...

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Ah, the perils of digital artistry. These days, any computer-animated feature that's not Disney, Pixar, Illumination, Blue Sky, or DreamWorks has their...

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Brazilian filmmaking legend Hector Babenco passed away in 2016. The man directed a dozen features over the span of 40+ years, including the cult...

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SLAMDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! The Halny wind descends upon the Polish town Zakopane and its surrounding mountains every fall and spring....

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