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Essay

Socialism in the Films of Kira Muratova

Vol. 98 (October 2019) by Masha Shpolberg
Masha Shpolberg examines the role of Socialist tropes and symbols in the films of Kira Muratova.
Essay

Kira Muratova’s Getting to Know the Big, Wide World (Poznavaya belyy svet, 1979)

Vol. 98 (October 2019) by Giuliano Vivaldi
Giuliano Vivaldi retraces the evolution of Muratova's lyrical style through the lens of her transitional 1979 feature.
Review

Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov’s The Man Who Surprised Everyone (Tchelovek Kotorij Udivil Vseh, 2018)

Vol. 98 (October 2019) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
In their second feature, Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov approach issues surrounding gender politics and sexual norms through a local folk-tale.
Review

Maria Saakyan’s Entropy (Entropiya, 2012)

Vol. 97 (September 2019) by Vadim Dumesh
In 2012, Maria Saakyan made a 180°-turn by leaving behind arthouse aesthetics in her popculture-induced and highly referential vision of apocalypse.
Review

Ksenia Okhapkina’s Immortal (Surematu, 2019)

Vol. 97 (September 2019) by Lucian Tion
This tendentious documentary settles old scores concerning Communism in Russia.
Review

Larisa Sadilova’s Once in Trubchevsk (Odnazhdy v Trubchevske, 2019)

Vol. 96 (Summer 2019) by Moritz Pfeifer
Larisa Sadilova’s new film tells an unadorned story of adultery.
Review

Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole (2019)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
In steering clear from depicting graphic violence in a WWII drama, Russian director Kantemir Balagov keeps his promise to his mentor Alexander Sokurov - almost.
Review

Alexander Gorchilin’s Acid (Kislota, 2018)

Vol. 93 (March 2019) by Konstanty Kuzma
Hamlet makes several cameos in Alexander Gorchilin's frustrating if highly aestheticized debut about Gen Yer aimlessness.
Review

Clément Cogitore’s Braguino (2017)

Vol. 93 (March 2019) by Daniil Lebedev
Clément Cogitore documents the rivalry between two families living in a remote part of the Siberian taiga.
Essay

Ewa Banaszkiewicz & Mateusz Dymek’s My Friend the Polish Girl (2018), Rustam Khamdamov’s The Bottomless Bag (2018)

Vol. 87 (September 2018) by Yoana Pavlova
Yoana Pavlova wonders where East and West can meet in times of the #MeToo movement.
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