Tag Archives: Russian cinema

‘The Master’ of our times (film: Master i Margarita / The Master and Margarita – Michael Lockshin, 2023)

Posted on August 19, 2024 by admin

Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel ‘The Master and Margarita’ was written between 1928 and 1940, but the writer never saw it published. The first – censored – version of the book appeared in the USSR in 1966. I guess this is the … Continue reading →

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empire of terror (film: Captain Volkonogov Escaped – Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov,2021)

Posted on January 17, 2023 by admin

It’s been three days since I saw ‘Captain Volkonogov escaped‘ (the Russian title is ‘Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal‘), the 2021 film directed by Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov, and the faces and experiences of its heroes do not leave my memory. … Continue reading →

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a world without love (film: Loveless – Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2017)

Posted on November 14, 2020 by admin

‘Loveless‘ made in 2017 by Andrey Zvyagintsev is the story of a divorce. Divorce movies often belong to the genre of the melodrama, sometimes they are romantic comedies (especially those that end in reconciliation), or court dramas. One of the … Continue reading →

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a beautiful movie about a troubled marriage (film: Arrhytmia – Boris Khlebnikov, 2017)

Posted on November 10, 2020 by admin

The beautiful film ‘Arrhythmia‘ made in 2017 by Boris Khlebnikov reminded me of a brand of Russian (Soviet in fact) cinema that I had kind of forgotten and which I really liked in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Those … Continue reading →

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Andrey Konchalovskiy is still here (film: Dear Comrades – Andrey Konchalovskiy, 2020)

Posted on November 6, 2020 by admin

‘Dear Comrades‘ (2020) presented in world wide premiere at the Venice Film Festival where it won the special jury award proves that at the age of 83 Andrey Konchalovskiy is not satisfied with just being a living legend. The screenwriter … Continue reading →

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the heavy burden of history (film: DAU.Natasha – Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel, 2020)

Posted on October 12, 2020 by admin

‘DAU. Natasha‘, directed by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel, is part of ‘DAU ‘, a project of great ambitions and dimensions, which due to the methods used by the production already provokes heated discussions and controversies. ‘DAU’ started from the … Continue reading →

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a cosmonaut meets Alien (film: Sputnik – Egor Abramenko, 2020)

Posted on October 9, 2020 by admin

‘Sputnik‘, the name of the Russian science fiction film directed by Egor Abramenko, immediately brings to mind the period of the beginning of the space era six decades ago, and the technological and political competition between the two superpowers of … Continue reading →

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loss of faith (Film: Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014)

Posted on February 8, 2019 by admin

‘Leviathan‘ directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev is a movie about faith. Russian literature and cinema are populated by heroes who are confronted with power and faith, the two spiritual components (but also historic institutions) whose combination and close relationship has always … Continue reading →

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Another Faust (Film: ‘Faust’ – Alexander Sokurov, 2011)

Posted on December 20, 2015 by admin

I came to know quite late the works of the Russian director Alexander Sokurov, and I cannot say I know them well today either. The first one I have seen was Russian Ark, a splendid exercise in virtuosity, composition and … Continue reading →

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