The East(De Oost)

Film Threat by Alex Saveliev

It’s a thrilling, poignant accomplishment, as uncompromisingly bleak as it is epic in scope.

The New York Times by Beatrice Loayza

The details may be novel — even eye-opening for some — but this story of white guilt and brutality feels mighty old.

Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov

The East is an unrelenting condemnation of the Netherlands’ misguided attempt to return its colonial outreach to a time long gone while hitting most (if not all) of the “doomed war” niche genre movie tropes without ever actually teetering into cliche. That’s an ever-tricky move that Taihuttu aces.

RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams

The East is essentially divided into two halves, and neither is more illuminating than the other.