Reviewed by Richard Feilden. Viewed at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The Banishment, the second film by director Andrei Zvyagintsev, paints a dark and brooding portrait of a dysfunctional family spiraling towards total breakdown. Shown at the Santa Barbara International Film it stars Konstantin Lavronenko, Aleksandr Baluyev and Maria Bonnevie. With deliberate pacing it … Continue reading The Banishment (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2007): Russia