Dry Leaf – London Film Festival 2025
From the director of 2021’s enigmatic What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, Dry Leaf is a contemplative journeyContinue Reading
Tag: Russian
Blu-ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s The Devil’s Bride (Limited Edition)
The Lithuanian Rock Opera The Devil’s Bride is a Faustian tale unlike anything you’ve ever seen. New to Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile. TheContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s In the Moscow Slums (Limited Edition)
In The Moscow Slums, Stanislavsky and Gilyarovsky go on a mystery adventure in the adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel TheContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Gorky Park (KL Studio Classic)
There is nothing simple when a triple homicide takes place in Moscow’s famous Gorky Park. The Russian based Crime Thriller starring WilliamContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The fine folks at Deaf Crocodile continue their amazing curation of titles with The Tale of Tsar Saltan. The Aleksandr Ptushko epicContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s The Assassin of the Tsar (Collector’s Edition)
The geniuses at Deaf Crocodile have brought another of director Karen Shakhnazarov’s work into the spotlight. This time the mercurial The Assassin ofContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s Zero Grad (Collector’s Edition)
Deaf Crocodile continues to amaze with their curated restorations. The almost indescribable communist satire Zero Grad is no exception to their Midas touchContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s Sampo (Special Edition)
The fine folks at Deaf Crocodile have done it again bringing another cinematic jewel from Russian Director Aleksandr Ptushko. This timeContinue Reading
Film Review: Firebird (2022)
Based on the memoirs of the lead character, Firebird is a story of love and longing in, of all places, a SovietContinue Reading
Compartment No 6 – MANIFF 2022
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner Compartment No 6 gets a showing at Manchester Film Festival. A snowy journey with real warmth.Continue Reading