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Review

Otar Iosseliani’s Pastorale (Pastorali, 1975)

Vol. 57 (September 2015) by Konstanty Kuzma
Konstanty Kuzma compares Otar Iosseliani's movie from 1975 to the folk tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, relating it to aspects of cultural criticism in the movie.
Essay

Temur Babluani’s The Sun of the Sleepless (Udzinarta mze, 1992)

Vol. 56 (August 2015) by Konstanty Kuzma
Konstanty Kuzma tries to explain the appeal of Temur Babluani’s seamless classic.
Review

Levan Koguashvili’s Street Days (Quchebis dgeebi, 2010)

Vol. 56 (August 2015) by Anna Batori
Anna Batori saw Levan Koguashvili’s Street Days, which revolves around a heroin addict's plight, and his quest for dignity.
Review

Ilgar Safat’s The Precinct (Sahə, 2010)

Vol. 56 (August 2015) by Moritz Pfeifer
Moritz Pfeifer lauds the dream sequences in Ilgar Safat’s drama, though he ultimately criticizes the film for resorting to tried and tested neorealist techniques.
Review

Nana Dzhordzhadze’s My mermaid, My Lorelei (Moya rusalka, moya Lorelyay, 2005)

Vol. 52 (April 2015) by Colette de Castro
Colette de Castro reviews Georgian director Nana Dzhordzhadze's newest pic about teenage love.
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.
Essay

Eldar Shengelaia’s Blue Mountains aka An Unbelievable Story (Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi, 1984)

Vol. 51 (March 2015) by Moritz Pfeifer
Moritz Pfeifer deliberates comedic elements in this parody of Soviet bureaucracy.
Essay

Eldar Shengelaia’s An Unusual Exhibition (Arachveulebrivi gamofena, 1968)

Vol. 51 (March 2015) by Konstanty Kuzma
Konstanty Kuzma burrows into the hidden and critical messages of Eldar Shengelaia's masterful comedy.
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.
Review

Giorgi Ovashvili’s Corn Island (Simindis kundzuli, 2014)

Vol. 45 (September 2014) by Lilla Puskás
Corn Island is an allegorical kammerspiel about unresolved border issues between Georgia and its separatist.
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The East European Film Bulletin is a journalistic and literary project dedicated to the criticism of films related to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.

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