June 2026 - Lossi 36

A letter written in blood: A review of “Two Prosecutors” by Sergei Loznitsa

June 8, 2026

Rafik Aharonyan reviews "Two Prosecutors", Sergei Loznitsa’s film about Stalinist repression and the machinery of terror in Soviet Russia.

When nostalgia turns into a political drug: “Time Shelter” by Georgi Gospodinov

June 3, 2026

Maya Ivanova reviews "Time Shelter", a book about the fatigue with the present and the seductive pool of the past.

“Soviet Milk” by Nora Ikstena: On the consequences of Soviet rule on everyday life in Latvia

June 1, 2026

Flavia Stähli reviews Nora Ikstena's "Soviet Milk", a powerful mother-daughter story of family, repression and fragile hope under Soviet rule in Latvia.