A bleak forecast: reviewing “To the Ashes” by Anzhelina Polonskaya
Katherine Leung reviews Anzhelina Polonskaya's poetry collection "To the Ashes," a lamentation of Russian authoritarianism
Abandoned socialist hope and mother-daughter relationships: “Museum of the Revolution” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Maja Soomägi reviews "Museum of the Revolution," a symbolic film about those living on the margins of society, decades after the post-socialist utopian dream ended
Unearthing the forgotten story of Jewish agents in the Second World War: “Occasional Spies” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Alexandra Kuenning reviews "Occasional Spies," a gripping and innovative documentary about a group of Palestinian Jews who volunteered to return to their countries of origin in Eastern Europe in [...]
A woman’s strength in the face of war: “Klondike” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Directed by Maryna Er Gorbach, Klondike (2022) encapsulates all the harrowing emotions and diverse reactions that occur when war takes over your home. The film follows the heavily pregnant Irka [...]
A tepid thriller on police corruption and institutional racism in Romania: “Unidentified” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Unidentified (Neidentificat, 2020) is a sparse mystery situated around the character study of a corrupt detective. While there is some merit to its wry examination of police corruption and the [...]
A delightful comedy about Georgian wine drowning in Soviet bureaucracy: “Falling Leaves” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Tbilisi International Film Festival held a special screening of the Soviet-Georgian classic Falling Leaves by Otar Iosseliani, showing a marvellously restored version of this cinema classic.
Azerbaijani integration and education in Georgia: “Hey, Gunesh!” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Maja Soomägi dives deeper into the integration of the Azerbaijani ethnic minority in Georgia in her review of the short film "Hey, Gunesh!"
A timely reckoning with the horrific past of a Lithuanian cultural icon: “The Poet” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Gabrielė Liepa examines the legacy of Soviet-era artists who collaborated with the regime in their review of "The Poet"
“A large family with conflicts is still 1,000 times better than loneliness”: “The Northeast Winds” at the Tbilisi International Film Festival
Alexandra Kuenning reviews "The Northeast Winds," a moving and diverting examination of Stalinist nostalgia in Georgia.
