Review

Gabrielė Liepa reviews "Maritime Climates," a short film consisting of the surviving fragments from an unusually experimental Soviet film

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "The Uncle," a tense thriller examining family dynamics and Yugoslav nostalgia

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the collection of innovative films competing in the Rheinmain Short Film Award

Marianna Jaśniak reviews "Remember to Blink," a compelling psychological drama about toxic jealousy, power, and control

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "A Life's Music," Andreï Makine's novella exploring music and the Soviet condition

Lukas Baake reviews Yevgenia Belorusets' "War Diary", a captivating reflection on the individual and collective experience of war.

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews "The Amorous Detective and Other Stories," a short story collection reminiscing about life in Soviet Georgia

Katherine Leung reviews the poetry of Mikhail Aizenberg, translated by J. Kates in the collection "Say Thank You"

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews the Georgian documentary "Taming the Garden," a quiet film emphasising nature and the emotions tied to it

Xandie (Alexandra) Kuenning reviews Guram Odisharia's "The Cyclops Bomb," a vivid, vicious, and absurd novel about conflict in the Caucasus