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Sergey Loznitsa
Film Review: Donbass
The Donbass is a region is eastern Ukraine or south-western Russia, depending on your perspective. Given its geographical location, the area has had a rather turbulent and colourful history since the land was first populated in the 17th century. In 2014, it became the arena for Vladimir Putin’s latest muscle-flexing land grab/reclamation project, despite some …
Film Review: A Gentle Creature
The spectre of authoritarianism, totalitarianism and dictatorships has cast a pall over much of Eastern European literature and film-making for generations. It has created some dour, depressing and downbeat work. The likes of Kafka, Gogol and Dostoevsky often focussed on corruption and the layered inanity of unmitigated bureaucracy. Sergey Loznitsa’s new film, A Gentle Creature, …