Sergei Loznitsa Reviews and Articles | Little White Lies

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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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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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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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Review

Maidan

by David Jenkins

An pop­u­lar upris­ing in Ukraine is cap­tured by the calm, col­lect­ed direc­tor Sergei Loznit­sa in all its abject horror.

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