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David Fear Time Out 05/13/2009
5/6
Blockade doesn't barrage you with battle scenes; instead, we get eerie moments of calm as people walk down snowy streets littered with corpses and tanks roll off into the distance. Go to Full Review Jack Mathews New York Daily News 03/16/2007
2.5/4
The film makes you squirm as well as empathize. Go to Full Review V.A. Musetto New York Post 03/16/2007
3/4
The surreal images lack narration and talking heads, which is no problem. In fact, the device makes the shocking footage more compelling. Go to Full Review Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International 03/22/2007
Blockade...will certainly work as the intended visual poetry for many, but these many had best bring to the film significant knowledge of this World War II battle. Go to Full Review Kam Williams NewsBlaze 03/16/2007
4/4
Documentary offers a bird's eye view of man's inhumanity to man at the Battle of Leningrad, the epitome of a Pyrrhic victory. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/01/2010 Powerful poem of a dying city. Siege of Leningrad day by day. Great recreation of sound. See more 08/28/2008 Sobering. With very nifty sound effects. See more Read all reviews
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