In the beginning, wars are measured in days. As the days become weeks and months, however, different metrics take over: materiel use; meters of territory won and lost; climbing numbers of captives and casualties. And when it comes to Ukraine, the film world has its own dolorous scorecard — the increasingly crowded “Ukraine war documentary” category, a shellshocked canon to which celebrated producer, Alexander Rodnyansky (“Leviathan,” “Loveless,” “Beanpole” etc), along with his co-director Andriy Alferov (“Dissident”) now adds his novel take. Guided by Rodnyansky’s family history — which is interwoven with the story of Ukrainian cinema since Rodnyansky is a third-generation filmmaker — “ Notes of a True Criminal ,” traces the last 80 years or so of Ukrainian history and finds it studded
'Notes of a True Criminal' Review: Anguished Tour of Ukrainian History

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