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Review

Signe Baumane’s My Love Affair With Marriage (2022)

Vol. 130 (December 2022) by Zoe Aiano
A reflection on the pitfalls of institutionalized love.
Review

Signe Baumane’s My Love Affair With Marriage (2022)

Vol. 129 (November 2022) by Julia Skala
This semi-autobiographical film recounts a woman's ambivalent attitude towards romantic relationships
Review

Laila Pakalniņa’s Homes (Mājas, 2021)

Vol. 123 (March 2022) by Ana Grgić and Antonis Lagarias
Laila Pakalniņa visibly involves her documentary subjects in the making of her latest film.
Review

Juris Kursietis’ Oleg (Oļeg, 2019)

Vol. 97 (September 2019) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
Is our culture of awareness conducive to our forgetting where the problems lie?
Review

Laila Pakalniņa’s Spoon (Karote, 2019)

Vol. 96 (Summer 2019) by Zoe Aiano
Laila Pakalniņa constructs an experimental documentary around the serial production of plastic spoons.
Interview

Laila Pakalniņa on Spoon

Vol. 96 (Summer 2019) by Zoe Aiano
Laila Pakalniņa discusses the approach to and rhythm of her project, and shares her thoughts on the need to disappoint sometimes.
Review

Rolands Kalniņš’ Four White Shirts (Četri balti krekli, 1967)

Vol. 90 (December 2018) by Zoe Aiano
Rolands Kalniņš’ critique of Soviet censorship was restored last year to mark the director's 95th birthday.
Review

Kristīne Briede and Audrius Stonys’ Bridges of Time (Laika tilti, 2018)

Vol. 90 (December 2018) by Zoe Aiano
Kristīne Briede and Audrius Stonys revisit the protagonists of Baltic Poetic Documentary.
Review

Vitaly Mansky’s Putin’s Witnesses (Svideteli Putina, 2018)

Vol. 86 (Summer 2018) by Moritz Pfeifer
Vitaly Mansky rails against the passive bystanders of history, including himself, in this behind-the-scenes look at Putin's ascent to power.
Review

György Kristóf’s Out (Vychladnutie, 2017)

Vol. 77 (September 2017) by Zoe Aiano
György Kristóf's debut gets tangled up in clicheed depictions of the Wild East.
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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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