Andrey Zvyagintsev

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Lockdown watch: Joshua Oppenheimer on three essential recent masterpieces
The director of The Act of Killing suggests widening your self-isolation horizons with contemporary films from desolate Russia, war-torn Syria and rural Italy

Joshua Oppenheimer

10, Apr, 2020 @7:00 AM

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The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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The 50 best films of 2018 in the US: No 3 – Loveless
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s stark drama about the dire fallout to a toxic marriage was a loud dissenting cry from within Russia

Peter Bradshaw

19, Dec, 2018 @12:00 PM

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The 50 best films of 2018 in the UK: No 4 – Loveless
Andrei Zvyagintsev’s stark drama about a couple’s toxic relationship – and its catastrophic fallout – was a passionate dissenting cry from within Russia

Peter Bradshaw

18, Dec, 2018 @5:59 AM

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The 50 best movies of 2018 in the US: the full list
A heartfelt Mexican drama leads our critics’ pick of the top films released in America this year – adding to tales about off-grid survival, toxic relationships, confused schoolkids and game-changing superheroes

04, Dec, 2018 @12:00 PM

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Ava DuVernay and Kristen Stewart added to female-majority Cannes jury
Léa Seydoux and Denis Villeneuve also join 2018 panel in wake of criticism over the lack of female directors in competition

Gwilym Mumford

18, Apr, 2018 @10:42 AM

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Loveless review – a lost boy in a toxic world
A child’s disappearance is the catalyst for a savage indictment of family breakdown in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s mesmerising, Oscar-nominated film

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

11, Feb, 2018 @9:00 AM

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Controversial Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev: 'Dissident? I'm more of a clown'
Leviathan director Zvyagintsev holds up a mirror to corruption and hard times in Russia. He talks about his new film, Loveless, and how he fell out with the political establishment

Xan Brooks

12, Jan, 2018 @11:00 AM

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Russian 'masterpiece' wins top prize at British Film Institute awards
Director Paul Greengrass says film industry needs to do much better in wake of Weinstein scandal as he collects special prize

Vanessa Thorpe Observer arts and media correspondent

14, Oct, 2017 @11:30 PM

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Cannes 2017 awards: visceral power overlooked in favour of bourgeois absurdity | Peter Bradshaw
The Square was a decent pick for the Palme d’Or but there were disappointments: notably the jury’s failure to get fully behind the outstanding Russian film Loveless

Peter Bradshaw

28, May, 2017 @8:06 PM

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Loveless review - eerie thriller of hypnotic, mysterious intensity from Leviathan director
Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev has produced another masterpiece in this apocalyptic study of a failed marriage and the subsequent disappearance of a child

Peter Bradshaw

17, May, 2017 @9:27 PM

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The 50 best films of 2015 in Australia – No 4: Leviathan
Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in Australia this year: a booze-fuelled Russian epic which had officials at the Kremlin steaming

Catherine Shoard

14, Dec, 2015 @9:00 PM

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