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A man in a suit sits at a desk, facing another man in a suit, in a dimly lit room with a bust of a man on the wall behind them.
Festivals

Two Prosecutors – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Ukrain­ian film­mak­er Sergei Loznit­sa returns with this dark tale of Stal­in­ist oppres­sion that is very rel­e­vant for these cur­rent times.
Large crowd of soldiers in military uniforms marching, with a red vehicle in the foreground.
Review

State Funeral

by Ed Gibbs

This cap­ti­vat­ing time cap­sule of the Sovi­et Union cir­ca 1953 is a stag­ger­ing feat of archive documentary.

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In Retrospect
Large crowd of soldiers in military uniforms marching, with a red vehicle in the foreground.
Festivals

State Funeral – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

A chill­ing doc on the bizarre spec­ta­cle of the Russ­ian peo­ple griev­ing over the death of Stalin.
Crowded group of people in winter clothing, some shouting and gesturing animatedly.
Review

Donbass

by David Jenkins

War leads to absurd moral decline in the Ukraine in Sergei Losnitza’s pitch-dark com­e­dy of oppression.

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4
In Retrospect
A young woman with dark hair against a blurred, wintry background.
Review

A Gentle Creature

by David Jenkins

Rus­si­a’s Sergei Lozni­ta offers a damn­ing cri­tique of his home­land with this epi­cal­ly joy­less road movie.

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In Retrospect
A young woman with dark hair against a blurred, wintry background.
Festivals

A Gentle Creature – first look review

by David Jenkins

Cor­rup­tion and vice reign supreme in Sergei Loznitsa’s pun­ish­ing­ly bleak descent into the bow­els of Russia.