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
Tag: Russian
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
Blu-Ray Review: Scream Factory’s Sputnik (IFC Midnight)
Buckle up for a truly fun Monster Movie. Set in Russia. In 1983. Trust me, you’ll want to see Scream Factory’s Blu-Ray releaseContinue Reading
Film Review: The Blackout: Invasion Earth (2020)
The Russian military take on an alien invasion in this grand-scale stand-off with plenty of action. In the not tooContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s Why Don’t You Just Die! (Collector’s Edition)
This bloody single location Neo-Noir likes its comedy like its caviar: dark & salty. Arrow Video has brought Kirill Sokolov’s debutContinue Reading
Film Review: Beanpole (2020)
“Where would he have seen a dog? They’ve all been eaten.” Leningrad in 1945 is not an easy place toContinue Reading
The White Crow: London Film Festival 2018 Review
Ralph Fiennes directs for the third time in The White Crow, a biography of a crucial moment in the careerContinue Reading