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True/False 2014: ‘The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga’ Review
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True/False 2014: ‘The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga’ Review

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Christopher Campbell
Mar 02, 2014
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The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga is, at times, something of an inscrutable film. Loaded with philosophical voiceover and weighty poetic quotations, scenes of profound silence and a great many enigmatic images, its most immediate impact is one of bewilderment. It’s quite the departure for director Jessica Oreck. In some ways it shares elements with…

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