Beyond a montage of Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Bush Sr and Clinton, dates and details are fairly scant in this riotous Storyville documentary, in which horror and humour share top billing.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 11, 2020

Rollicking, absurd, outrageous, and ominous.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 12, 2020

The incompatibility of Russian and American cultures-at least during this precarious period-is the backdrop for Red Penguins' raucous portrait of DIY capitalism...

| Aug 11, 2020

...thanks to this superb film from director Polsky, we now have the definitive record of one of the craziest chapters in the history of ice hockey.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 11, 2020

Communism, capitalism, corruption: the gang's all here.

| Aug 7, 2020

Whether or not certain events played out precisely as we're told, the urgency of Polsky's cautionary message is inarguable.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 4, 2020

If "Red Penguins" doesn't always strike a satisfying balance between the glib and the grim, the broader topic - the commercialization of hockey - affords it a novel lens on Russia's economic transition.

| Aug 4, 2020

"Red Penguins" has the kind of stranger-than-fiction appeal that could lure both hockey fans and the puckless.

| Sep 20, 2019

In an era in which the collision of Russian and American interests is never far from the headlines, a weird little story about one crazy time those interests collided might even teach us a thing or two.

| Sep 13, 2019

Red Penguins" is deft and rewarding...

| Original Score: B | Sep 11, 2019

Gonzo skates-and-sticks stuff, Slap Shot being dainty by comparison.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 7, 2019

Polsky crafts an engaging, in-depth examination of the intersection of politics and hockey as Russia struggles to gain its balance following the demise of the Soviet Union.

| Sep 6, 2019