Loveless

Nelyubov is an intellectual Russian film about two divorcing parents who ignore their son so hard he runs away and disappears. What seems to be a police procedural on the surface is really a metaphor for the satellite USSR countries after the breakup. How do I know it's intellectual? SPOILER: Because it has no ending. This film isn't for everybody--like me, for example. Loveless is like procrastination porn starring a man with a 20-inch penis: it takes too long to get interesting and is far longer than it needs to be. NOTE: This is Russia's entry for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars (2018); and intellectual viewers will certainly appreciate this film far more than I. It does have some wonderful cinematography and there's a slow burn tension heightened by rich soundscapes that will appeal to viewers with more discerning taste.