Ukrainian cinema has deep roots in the Soviet era, where directors like Dovzhenko laid the groundwork for a poetic, land-rooted filmmaking tradition. More recently, films like Pamfir show a bold new generation making intensely personal, visually striking work. Browse Macca's reviews below.
Rating: 2.5★
There is a particular corner of European cinema that seems almost duty-bound to make its audience uncomfortable, and The Tribe, the 2014 Ukrainian drama from writer-director Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi, sits squarely in that tradition. The premise is both simple and disquieting: a teenage boy, Sergey, arrives at a residential
Rating: 2.5★
The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest lake in the world. By the early 2000s, decades of Soviet-era irrigation projects had reduced it to a scattering of shallow, salt-crusted remnants surrounded by desert, leaving fishing boats stranded on dry land miles from any water. It is one
Genre Action
★★★ — Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
Genre Drama
★★★ — Pamfir (2022)
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