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8 Great Women of Ukrainian Cinema

This article is part of The Odessa Review’s coverage of International Woman’s Day. Five years ago I was engaged in conversation with a Ukrainian producer,...

The Nine Most Astonishing Pictures From The 2018 Odesa Photo Days

  Between April 25th and 29th the latest iteration of the popular international photo festival Odesa Photo Days will be held in Odessa. The city...

Going To Lviv

The Polish poet and essayist Adam Zagajewski’s extravagant and miraculous new collection, ‘Slight Exaggeration,’ takes on banality and vulgarity through elegant art. This article...

Michael Reva on Michael Reva:

FATE HAD IT SO THAT I LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHICH IS CURRENTLY SICK. AND I HAVE TO TREAT HER. WE DO HAVE VERY BEAUTIFUL...

Who Says There’s No Sound in Space?

Modern music has always been somehow connected with the topic of space. The phenomenon began when the first ‘electro’ musicians created soundtracks for sci-fi...
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“Something In The Air”: A Guide To The Slavutych “86” Festival Of Film And...

What to do and see at the innovative 86 Festival of Film and Urbanism in the northern Ukrainian region of Chernihiv. To learn more...

Meir Dizengoff: The Odessan Who Built Tel Aviv

The legendary first mayor of Tel Aviv got his start in business in Odessa and France before becoming a major figure in the Zionist...

Calligraphy’s Coming Renaissance In Ukraine

When I arrived at central Kyiv’s Zigzag cafe, Taras Makar was already seated at a table, intently scribbling away in his Moleskine. As I...

A Sign of the Times: Inside Ukraine’s Bizarre 90’s Video Art Movement

A massive new exhibition of video art in Kyiv tells us how George Soros single handedly created an avant garde art movement. “Flashback. Ukrainian...

How The Soviet Union Suppressed The Holocaust To Fight “Nationalism”

The Soviet authorities didn’t want their own historical narrative to face competition. That meant obliterating memory, rebuilding historical narratives, and suppressing literature. This article was...