Many critics are lauding Beanpole, the latest film by 28-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov, as the first great movie of the year.It’s hard to make sense of superlatives that are based ...

Most war movies are about battle; “Beanpole” is about what happens afterward. For Beanpole, a hospital nurse, the clamor of war has quieted to an unremitting throb. At work, ...

'Beanpole' follows two women connected by a tragedy—and is one of the most extraordinary films to come out of Russia in years. Our review. 'Beanpole' Movie Review: War and Peace, From a Female ...

Yet persevere they do, which is why “Beanpole” may be an awfully sad movie, but it’s never hopeless. “Beanpole” opens Friday, Feb. 28 at Kendall Square Cinema. Film/TV. Related: ...

The movie won a prize at Cannes for its 28-year-old director, Kantemir Balagov and was shortlisted for an Oscar for best international feature. It's set in Leningrad shortly after World War II ...

Kantemir Balagov's second feature "Beanpole" is a haunting postwar drama, while Levan Akin's latest "And Then We Danced" is a moving gay romance.

Small matters, in a large and devastating human drama. “It’s a good thing the war is over,” one character says, from a position of comfort not known by the people the movie’s really about.

Premiering in Un Certain Regard, Russian director Kantemir Balagov's 'Beanpole' revolves around two women ravaged by World War II. By Todd McCarthy Films don’t get much grimmer than Kantemir ...

MOVIE REVIEW “BEANPOLE” Not Rated. In Russian with subtitles. At Kendall Square Cinema. Grade: A- Russia’s selection for the Academy Award international film category and winner of the Un Cer… ...

‘Beanpole’ movie review: Redefining women at war Intimate, poignant and captivatingly shot, Beanpole beautifully executes the age-old adage of storytelling: show, don’t tell ...

Watch the trailer for the movie "Beanpole." Photo: Kino Lorber How to rate “Beanpole,” a new Russian drama, with English subtitles, directed by the prodigiously gifted Kantemir Balagov? In ...

Beanpole movie cast and actor biographies. Check out the latest photos and bios of the cast and filmmakers of Beanpole. Starring Viktoria Miroshnichenko, ...