Alex Saveliev

Kill the Monsters

By Alex Saveliev | February 2020

The spirits of John Cassavetes, Jim Jarmusch, Barbara Hammer, Nicolas Roeg, and Bernardo Bertolucci permeate Ryan Lonergan’s sophomore feature Kill the Monsters. The…

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The spirits of John Cassavetes, Jim Jarmusch, Barbara Hammer, Nicolas Roeg, and Bernardo Bertolucci permeate Ryan Lonergan’s sophomore feature Kill the...

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