Alex Saveliev

Watchmen, The Boys & Doom Patrol: Subverting the Modern Superhero

By Alex Saveliev | December 2019

Martin Scorsese is onto something. There’s no denying that we are currently experiencing a deluge of superhero fare. With the Marvel and…

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Martin Scorsese is onto something. There’s no denying that we are currently experiencing a deluge of superhero fare. With the Marvel and DC Universes...

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David vs. Goliath tales are quite typical in documentary features. Filmmaker Alex Gibney seems to envision himself as David. His Enron: The Smartest Guys...

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Richard Jewell marks Clint Eastwood’s 41st directorial feature. At the ripe young age of 89, the man shows no signs of fatigue; in fact, his films are...

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What a disappointment Fernando Meirelles’s The Two Popes turned out to be! The man behind the eternal classic City of God once seemed destined to join...

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When Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator first informed a police desk sergeant that he would “be back,” little did the sergeant – along with the...

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“I am a man who paints. Nothing more, nothing less.” The (paraphrased) quote belongs to the humble Laurence Stephen Lowry (or L.S., as his friends...

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A feminist parable. A campy trip through an estrogen-fueled, psychedelic cotton-candy land. A teen coming-of-age story under the guise of a fantasy-tinged...

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