The first thing you hear during “A House Made of Splinters” is the sound of barking dogs, an unquiet reference to director Simon Lereng Wilmont’s previous Ukraine documentary, “The Distant Barking of ...

The publicity materials for “Splinters” call it Leslie Jamison’s first memoir, but most readers of “The Recovering,” her majestic and harrowing 2018 book about addiction, would call that a memoir too.

Sasha (right) and Polina in 'A House Made of Splinters' Final Cut for Real/Giant Pictures/POV In the Oscar-nominated documentary A House Made of Splinters, Eva, a girl living in an orphanage in ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Splinters are a common, often painful, part of growing up. Sometimes coaxing a child into letting you remove a splinter is tougher than the actual injury. But, there are ...

Danish docmaker Simon Lereng Wilmont returns to Eastern Ukraine with this delicately wrenching diary of life in a halfway house for neglected children. In the same way that children at slumber parties ...

Simon Lereng Wilmont's documentary focuses on a shelter for children impacted by unrest in Ukraine, specifically the experiences of a trio of sad-eyed subjects. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television ...

In the shadow of war by the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, a safe haven provides refuge for children who have been temporarily separated from their parents. A House Made of Splinters chronicles three ...

Near the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine, a safe haven provides refuge for children who have been temporarily separated from their parents. A House Made of Splinters chronicles three displaced kids who, ...

Leslie Jamison and the travails of millennial divorce. In her new book, the novelist and essayist examines life before and after marriage. A failing marriage often contains within it an amalgam of ...

Simon Lereng Wilmont’s A House Made of Splinters begins with a title card situating the action in the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk, described as “20 kilometers from the frontline.” It’s the last time ...