Alex Saveliev

The Origin of Evil

By Alex Saveliev | October 2023

NOW IN THEATERS! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: leave it to the French to show the rest of…

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NOW IN THEATERS! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: leave it to the French to show the rest of the cinematic world how it’s done. With no...

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There’s no moral or higher purpose to be gleaned from John Barr’s campy thriller Dangerous Waters. Most of the dopiness feels unintentional;...

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Misan Harriman's short drama The After examines trauma in brushstrokes that manage to be both broad and subtle. The filmmaker is aided tremendously by a...

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You would think that Jared and Jerusha Hess, the directing duo of off-kilter cult classics like Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, would jump at the...

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AVAILABLE OCTOBER 24! Hip-hop fans, rejoice. Frank Meyer’s incisive documentary Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History offers a detailed, highly entertaining...

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NOW IN THEATERS! "No one saw it coming." That's what people will claim when the A.I. apocalypse inevitably arrives. The same statement can be applied to...

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NOW IN THEATERS! 2023 has been crammed with subpar animation efforts. Disney/Pixar's fare may look fantastic, but the dearth of originality (read:...

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In a year filled with agenda-driven cinematic drivel and gargantuan big-budget flops, a throwback to good old-fashioned motion pictures of yore feels like...

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Despite the obvious titular allusion, actor-writer-director Attila Korosi's micro-budget crime drama Live and Die in East L.A. bears little resemblance...

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NOW IN THEATERS! You will either love or hate Ann Oren's art-house psychodrama Piaffe. There will undoubtedly be those who respond to its high...

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