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Review | 5 Days of War — an offensively bad depiction of the August 2008 War
Renny Harlin’s film combines the worst elements of Hollywood action-movie cliches along with a substanceless explanation of the events themselves.
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Review | What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? — A Georgian ode to everyday wonder
A quiet celebration of life’s fleeting beauty and the everyday mysteries we often overlook.
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Review | A State in a State — sabotage and comradeship on the South Caucasus railway
This ambitious documentary uses the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway to delve into political schemes and cross-border solidarity in the South Caucasus.
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Review | Inner Blooming Springs — A Georgian diary of friendship and resistance
An ephemeral time capsule of the early foreign agent law protests showing intimate portraits of the young Georgians caught in their midst.
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Review | April — Slow Georgian cinema at its most visionary
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s sophomore feature is a hypnotic but unflinching portrait of power, violence, pain and gender in rural Georgia.
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Review | Dead Souls’ Vacation — a tragicomic documentary about maternal love
Keko Chelidze’s 2020 documentary gently and considerately explores the unusual relationship between a Georgian mother and her musician son.
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Review | Taming the Garden — an insightful documentary on power and vanity in Georgia
Salomé Jashi’s cautionary tale on power, vanity, and uprooted trees feels more prescient than ever.
