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Interview

Elīna Vaska on Mellow Mud

Vol. 76 (Summer 2017) by Julia Zelman
Actress Elīna Vaska speaks about Renars Vimba’s Mellow Mud, a Latvian coming-of-age drama in which she played the lead role.
Review

Jan Hřebejk’s The Teacher (Ucitelka, 2016)

Vol. 74 (April 2017) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman reviews this film about a Communist-era teacher who uses her position to exact favors from her students' families.
Review

Elżbieta Benkowska’s, Łukasz Ostalski’s and Michał Wawrzecki’s New World (Nowy Świat, 2015)

Vol. 64 (April 2016) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman unveils how the collaborative feature New World challenges discrimination against migrants.
Review

Otar Iosseliani’s April (Aprili, 1962)

Vol. 60 (December 2015) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman searches for meaning in Otar Iosseliani’s elusive directorial debut.
Essay

The Rejection of the Family in Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) and Călin Peter Netzer’s Child’s Pose (2013)

Vol. 58 (October 2015) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman compares the absence of food culture in two arthouse triumphs of the Romanian New Wave.
Review

Yuri Bykov’s The Fool (Durak, 2014)

Vol. 54 (June 2015) by Julia Zelman
The moral decay pictured in Yuri Bykov's new film reminds Julia Zelman of Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita.
Review

Darko Lungulov’s Monument to Michael Jackson (Spomenik Majklu Dzeksonu, 2014)

Vol. 53 (May 2015) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman ponders Darko Lungulov’s ambivalent relationship with Hollywood dogma.
Review

Kote Mikaberidze’s My Grandmother (Chemi Bebia, 1929)

Vol. 51 (March 2015) by Julia Zelman
Kote Mikaberidze's 1929 powerful Soviet satire is revisited by Julia Zelman.
Review

Harutyun Khachatryan’s Endless Escape, Eternal Return (Anverj Pakhust, Haverzh Veradardz, 2013)

Vol. 50 (February 2015) by Julia Zelman
Harutyun Khachatryan's latest feature reflects on questions of national identity in the life of Armenian exiles.
Review

Zaza Urushadze’s Tangerines (Mandariinid, 2013)

Vol. 49 (January 2015) by Julia Zelman
Two enemies must learn how to get along in this Estonian-Georgian film by Zaza Urushadze.
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