A Dry, Satirical Look at War in Eastern Ukraine

Sergei Loznitsa’s episodic Donbass, now enjoying a belated U.S. release, doesn’t quite cohere into a story compelling enough to offset its stifling bleakness.

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Film Movement

Never fear, Ukraine: American independent-film exhibitors are coming to your aid.

In New York City, both the IFC Cinema in Greenwich Village and the Museum of the Moving Image have been featuring Ukrainian films to support the besieged country.

Kyle Smith

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Kyle Smith

Kyle Smith is the film critic for the Wall Street Journal.

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