Western Ukraine, on the eve of a traditional carnival. Pamfir returns to his family after months of absence. Their love is so unconditional that when his only child starts a fire in the prayer house, Pamfir has no other choice but to reconnect with his troubled past to repair his son’s fault. He will be taken on a risky path with irreversible consequences.
First-time director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk and his cinematographer Nikita Kuzmenko certainly have a lot of plates to spin here, but they manage to craft a film that avoids all the standard pitfalls of its showiness.| Read in full: Pamfir film review We Love Cinema
Savagely cinematic, charged with feral energy and exploring a story that dances between muddy realism and a mythic, quasi-magical abandon.The Guardian
The announcement of an exciting new directorial talent.Little White Lies
In earthbound terms, Pamfir is essentially a rural gangster movie.Sight & Sound
The Lock, Stock director stamps down on a lot of his usual flourishes for an earnest war movie about brotherhood and honour
The first entry since 2018 is one of the worst studio films in recent memory, a towering anti-blockbuster that's rotten to the core
The cult director's 1988 film brings his trademark subversiveness into the mainstream through its deft exploration of music history
With its haphazard structure and dull framing device, Annette Apon's biography of Leonie Brandt is made unnecessarily confusing
Adam Solomons talks to the Ukrainian director about his Cannes hit and how even a non-political film can be bastardised by war
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
