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The Rise of Wagner Review: Cinema in C Minor

by Jason Gorber
May 2, 2023
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Benoît Bringer's The Rise of Wagner covers the story of the Wagner mercenary group and its ties to Putin, albeit a bit superficially for viewer who have followed the story.

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Iron Butterflies Review: An Urgent, Unconventional Take on Ukraine

by Jason Gorber
January 29, 2023
Reviews/Sundance

The downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine receives an urgent and unconventional look in Roman Liubyi's hybrid film Iron Butterflies.

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20 Days in Mariupol Captures History from the Front Lines

by Jason Gorber
January 27, 2023
Interviews/Sundance

20 Days in Mariupol director Mstyslav Chernov urgently captures Ukraine's unfolding war.

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In Her Hands Directors Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen Capture Afghan Women’s Strength

by Pat Mullen
November 16, 2022
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An interview with In Her Hands directors Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen about profiling young mayor Zarifa Ghafari as she fights for the rights of Afghan women amid the Taliban's resurgence.

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Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels Review – Film History Revisited

by Pat Mullen
September 18, 2022
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Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels sees director Mila Turajic revisit the resistance to the French Occupation in Algeria through an archive of newsreels.

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Shooting War Review: Photographing the Front Lines

by Rachel Ho
May 24, 2022
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Patrick Dell observes the art and weight of photojournalism in Shooting War by sharing the experiences of visual reporters who document the atrocities of war.

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Mariupolis 2 Review: Fragments of a Film

by Jason Gorber
May 20, 2022
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Mantas Kvedaravičius's Mariupolis 2, presented at the Cannes Film Festival mere weeks after the director's death, is a collection of the rough footage he left behind.

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A House Made of Splinters Review: Humanity and Heartache

by Pat Mullen
January 26, 2022
Reviews/Sundance

In A House Made of Splinters, Simon Lereng Wilmont offers a companion to The Distant Barking of Dogs with his look at Ukraine's children.

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The Return: Life After ISIS Review – Or, the Fog of War

by Jason Gorber
May 6, 2021
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Superficially, every war is binary in its construction. There is one side versus another, a dialectic of destruction where one side claims the moral high ground. Rules of engagement are often based

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The Colonel’s Stray Dogs Review: Papa Rambo

by Liam Lacey
April 29, 2021
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Growing up in the “nice leafy London suburb” of Croydon, filmmaker Khalid Shamis says he was uncertain about his ex-pat Libyan father’s work, travel schedule and especially the contents of his off-limits

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