Ukrainian Horror Essentials
Compiling a list of Ukrainian horror movies, much less essential Ukrainian horror movies, is no easy task…
FAMINE ’33
A chronicle of the Holodomor, or Artificial Famine, that afflicted Ukraine in 1932-33, engineered by Stalin to (it’s been claimed) crush Ukrainian resistance to Soviet rule
Sergei Paradjanov and Yuri Ilyenko: A Ukrainian Rhapsody
Sergei Paradjanov and Yuri Ilyenko, Ukraine cinema’s dynamic duo.
A STORY OF THE FOREST: MAVKA
This 1981 folklore based Ukrainian film can be called the spiritual successor to Sergei Paradjanov’s classic SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS
A PRAYER FOR HETMAN MAZEPA
With the conflict between Russia and the Ukraine exploding, I say it’s an opportune time to revisit this 2002 feature, which offers a most unorthodox treatment of the skirmish
On THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
There has never been another film quite like THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
Andrei Tarkovsky: Horrormeister?
The following may be the most contentious piece I ever write.