Russian CinemaRemembering Forgotten Ancestors: Armenian Genocide RecognizedSarkis Hovsepi Parajaniants (a.k.a. Sergei Parajanov, 1924–1990) was an eccentric Armenian film director, born and raised in the USSR. He…May 3, 2021
Violetta Khayrullina“What does it mean to be a ‘political subject’?”Our lives are determined by the past and present of the state politics. How we are perceived by the others depends on the policies of our…Jun 4, 2019
InSmashcutbyMichael AtkinsonSmashcut 365: A Film a Day — Year 3, Week 1A Cinephile’s Guide to StreamingJul 30, 2020Jul 30, 2020
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Russian CinemaRemembering Forgotten Ancestors: Armenian Genocide RecognizedSarkis Hovsepi Parajaniants (a.k.a. Sergei Parajanov, 1924–1990) was an eccentric Armenian film director, born and raised in the USSR. He…May 3, 2021
Violetta Khayrullina“What does it mean to be a ‘political subject’?”Our lives are determined by the past and present of the state politics. How we are perceived by the others depends on the policies of our…Jun 4, 2019
InSmashcutbyMichael AtkinsonSmashcut 365: A Film a Day — Year 3, Week 1A Cinephile’s Guide to StreamingJul 30, 2020
InSmashcutbyMichael AtkinsonSmashcut 365: A Film a Day — Year 2, Week 52A Cinephile’s Guide to StreamingJul 23, 2020
InThe Front RowbyLucas HardwickQuarantine Film Fest — “Viy” (1967), dir. Konstantin Yershov and Georgi KropachyovIf this movie wasn’t already based on 19th century Russian folklore, I’d believe it was from a Bret Easton Ellis novel or a template for…Mar 21, 2020
Apar PokharelEARTH (1930)- Poetry with ImagesAleksander Dovzhenko (1894–1956) was a prominent Soviet filmmaker, along with Eisenstein and Pudovkin, who employed the art of montage…Sep 15, 2019
