Alex Saveliev

The African Desperate

By Alex Saveliev | September 2022

NOW IN THEATERS! The concepts of “Black identity” and “the Black experience” get examined in conceptual artist Martine Syms’ debut feature, The African…

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NOW IN THEATERS! The concepts of "Black identity" and "the Black experience" get examined in conceptual artist Martine Syms' debut feature, The African...

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NOW ON DISNEY+! There's no stopping the Dream Factory machine. Having almost entirely run out of original ideas, it's shamelessly regurgitating classics,...

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Writer-director Sean McGinly does wonders with the most minimalist of set-ups in the romantic drama Match. It's quite the ballsy move to essentially have...

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NOW ON SHUDDER! "Here, they say that revenge is like a river," states a character in Jean Luc Herbulot's wildly original sociopolitical horror-thriller...

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Famous author of psycho-thrillers Patricia Highsmith led a controversial life that, especially these days, may be reduced to a slew of sensationalist...

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CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW! There's a certain creepiness that comes hand-in-hand with traveling circuses. Behind the glitz and glamor are...

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Ben Parker's WWII thriller Burial almost wastes a great concept. I say "almost" because it contains scenes of raw power, intermittently grasping...

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CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW! We all have inner demons that we repress. Writer-director Danny Dunlop's fascinating, pitch-black character...

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What to make of directors Dominique Braun and Terrence Martin's psychological drama Get Away If You Can? On the one hand, it slyly subverts expectations,...

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CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW! Jason Satterlund's claustrophobic sci-fi thriller The Abandon hurtles along like a speeding bullet. Considering its...

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