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‘Guria’ Review: Everything Is Scarce but Charm Is Abundant in Georgia’s Deadpan Oscar Submission

There’s a certain wavelength of hangdog humor that denizens of the former Soviet Republics seem able to tune into at will, and Georgian director Levan Koguashvili more than most. In his fourth feature film, and his first since 2021’s “Brighton 4th” won top honors in Tribeca, Koguashvili’s starkly unsparing perspective on a nation rough-ridden by […]

‘Guria’ Review: Everything Is Scarce but Charm Is Abundant in Georgia’s Deadpan Oscar Submission

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