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Often considered one of the best films produced in Czechoslovakia, The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, 1969) is an impeccable example of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Darkly surreal, it portrays how [...]

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews Nutsa Gogoberidze's "Uzhmuri" as part of Lossi 36's coverage of the 2024 Samizdat Film Festival

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning shares some of her favourite Soviet Georgian mosaics in this article highlighting their history (and neglect)

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Kill Me Gently" at goEast, a 1979 erotic parody of the period's pulp fiction

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews Romanian New Wave director Radu Jude's latest lampoon "Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World."

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "When the Doves Disappeared," a bleak Estonian drama about a family broken apart by war and occupation

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Red Star Over Hebrides," an exploration of the links between the Scottish isles and Eastern Europe

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the Soviet Georgian feminist classic "Some Interviews on Personal Matters"

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "King Lear: How We Looked For Love During the War," a noteworthy film about love and human resilience

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "Aurora's Sunrise," a partly-animated film delving into a lesser-known figure of the Armenian Genocide