Russia

Motivic Merrymaking in the Musical Films of Grigori Aleksandrov and Ivan Pyryev

Wolfgang Thiel retraces the development of the Soviet musical.

Maxim Plokhikh examines the iconic role of Soviet musician Viktor Tsoi on screen.

Oliver Banatvala addresses the iconoclastic tendencies of this short cinematic collage.

Anzhelika Artyukh presents the late photography of Evgeny Yufit on the occasion of our special issue on Parallel Cinema.

A key figure of the 1980s underground film movement in the Soviet Union explains his artistic approach.

In the 1980s, Boris Yukhananov launched a series of VHS films that introduces his concept of "fatal editing".

Emily Nill emphasizes the critical potential of the Aleynikovs' engagement with the avant-garde.

Gordei Petrik returns to one of only two films of Parallel Cinema to be produced at the central Soviet studios.

Can this film about a Siberian prison for female offenders unveil the unseen?

Sergei Loznitsa created a counter-documentary of Joseph Stalin's death in 1953 out of original propaganda footage.