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Keith Phipps, AV Club: Paradjanov scares up one startling sequence after another, crafting a bizarre mosaic of Nova's world while limiting himself to the materials of the poet's time. Read more
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: It's a strange, visionary work, highly formal and not easy of access, but compelling in a way that's almost impossible to describe. Read more
John Patterson, L.A. Weekly: A madly beautiful, often straight-up-bonkers meditation on the life of its eponymous Armenian-Azeri balladeer and poet. Read more