I was really lost until I turned on the commentary track. Then I realized what the barrage of images I was looking at was about an “Alamo”-like stand of Bolsheviks in a Ukrainian arsenal against nationalists. Without a roadmap its impossible to follow unless you know a lot about the day-to-day politics of Kiev in 1918. With a roadmap, it is another example of wonderful Soviet avant-garde cinema.
Welcome
Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
