Archangel

Modeled after the “part-talkies” of the late 1920s, this weird, wild, and extraordinary work perfectly exemplifies Canadian director Guy Maddin’s (Careful, My Winnipeg) fascination with silent-era cinema. The action is set in 1919, when a one-legged allied trooper arrives in the snow-covered Russian region of Archangel during a short-lived moment of Canadian intervention in Russia's civil war. What ensues is a cornucopia of silent-era melodrama and deadpan comedy about obsessive love and infatuation, newly restored in beautiful 4K.