A relatively fun - if scattershot - commentary on how Russia's new middle class meets the older, tractor-driving traditionalists who refuse to give way to newcomers no matter where they're from.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 22, 2018

A study of human nature under unusual circumstances, revealing the often stoic and nonchalant nature of the Russian character.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 20, 2018

A tapestry of the absurd.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 20, 2018

Here is a film of considerable action and excitement that is undoubtedly real.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 19, 2018

Suspenseful and funny, occasionally poignant and often nearly unbelievable, it captures a certain sociological flavor while remaining universally accessible.

| Jan 19, 2018

Even over the short running time, you can feel your humanity's diminishment.

| Jan 19, 2018

As if he were assembling a collection of Russian scary stories, the director Dmitrii Kalashnikov makes the bizarre beguiling.

| Jan 18, 2018

The few bursts of excitement and humor found along the way just aren't enough to make "The Road Movie" worth the trip.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 18, 2018

If you choose to believe the Russian people have a fatalistic streak, "The Road Movie" suggests why.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2018

Dmitrii Kalashnikov's documentary is a uniquely amusing-and harrowing-snapshot of the lunacy that awaits people on modern thoroughfares and back streets.

| Jan 16, 2018

A fascinating petrie dish of human behavior, with the dashcam as its merciless microscope.

| Jan 16, 2018

The film is a doodle, but in its offhanded way, it effectively attests to the resolute nature of the Russian character.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 14, 2018

Somewhere between "Jackass" and "Faces of Death" lies the queasy allure of "The Road Movie." Dmitrii Kalashnikov's feature is a found-footage compilation of clips shot by Russian dashboard cameras, then posted online.

| Aug 1, 2017