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
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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
Far Eastern Golgotha – Raindance Film Festival 2021
Taxi driver Viktor Toroptsev is an unlikely YouTube sensation, but this documentary about a man determined to change things inContinue Reading
Petrov’s Flu – London Film Festival 2021
This surreal, fever-dream of a story set in post-Soviet Russia comes from controversial film and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov, whoContinue Reading
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? – London Film Festival 2021
Star-crossed lovers fail to recognise each other as the result of a strange spell, and what follows is a poemContinue Reading
Misha – MANIFF 2021 Opening Night
Misha, the opening film of Manchester Film Festival (MANIFF) 2021 is interesting and raises more questions than it answers. ButContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Well Go USA’s Russian Raid
Russian Raid is B-Movie Martial Arts Action goodness. The Film Sometimes you need a no-frills straight-ahead action film. If you likeContinue Reading