James Lloydovich Patterson, the son of an African American father and a Russian mother who became a celebrated child actor of the Stalinist era for his role in a 1930s propaganda film mythologizing ...

“Podnieks on Podnieks” is the story of a phenomenally influential Latvian documentarian who is remembered by relatively few today – but whose work was once seen by over 40 million people in the former ...

It’s rare that we look to Soviet-era cinema to find positive queer representation, but surprisingly enough, one overlooked silent masterpiece is being reassessed for just this reason. Subscribe to our ...

The Soviet Union and India shared diplomatic ties that were fuelled by a shared love for films. With movies like Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955), Raj Kapoor became a sensation in the USSR. But it ...

When I was an undergrad in film school, one of the pillar courses was a two-semester film history class that would act as a broad survey to give us a foundation as aspiring filmmakers and workers.

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Elena is a tale of two apartments: a spacious chrome, glass, and marble luxury flat that might be anywhere in prosperous Western Europe, and a cramped unit in some ...

Vladimir Petrovich Zamansky, born on 6 February 1926, celebrated his centenary this year. A Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, he is recognised for his portrayals of complex, introspective ...

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Collective for Living Cinema at Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY, April 20-21, 1990, and elsewhere, through May 26, 1990. "Lovisʹ rybka, bolʹshaia i ...

Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney People crowd together in the sun. All smiles and waves. Joyous. Pandemonium erupts. Panic hits like a shockwave as those ...