Retrospectives
Reflections on stand-out films of the past.

Gustav Machatý’s Ecstasy (Extase, 1932)

Vol. 53 (May 2015) by Patricia Bass
Patricia Bass saw Gustav Machatý’s 1932 feature about a woman's budding sexuality.

An Ode to Harutyun Khachatryan’s Films

Vol. 52 (April 2015) by Godfrey Reggio
American filmmaker Godfrey Reggio pays tribute to Harutyun Khachatryan in a short essay about his colleague's sense of time.

Agnieszka Holland’s Total Eclipse (1995)

Vol. 52 (April 2015) by Paulina Duda
Paulina Duda takes a fresh look at Holland's rendering of the love affair between two famous French poets but bemoans the lack of cinematographic poetry in the movie.

Harutyun Khachatryan’s Return of the Poet (Poeti veradardze, 2005)

Vol. 52 (April 2015) by Moritz Pfeifer
Moritz Pfeifer looks at this deeply nostalgic journey of the statue of the poet Javini traveling back home.

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.

Martin Ťapák’s Pacho, Brigand of Hybe (Pacho, hybský zbojník, 1975)

Vol. 51 (March 2015) by Nicholas Hudáč
Nicholas Hudáč analyzes Martin Ťapák’s 1975 comedy against the background of Czechoslovak tensions in the cultural sphere.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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