Tag: Russian

Redmond Bacon - 23-11-2020

Everything plays out on the dancefloor in this intense drama exploring lost youth — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Truls Rostrup - 20-12-2019

Based on the memoirs of a war-veteran-turned-spy, Russian film paints a graphic, vivid and harrowing portrait of the War in Afghanistan - from the Russian Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 30-11-2019

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has opened a side festival for its Russian community in the Eastern Estonian towns of Narva and Kohtla-Järve, in a country where integration is still an elusive concept [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-11-2019

Blind Russian teen marries a Russian oligarch whom she never met, in this sombre tale of patriarchy - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 24-11-2019

Two elderly Russian dubbers move to Israel following the demise of the Soviet Union, where they have to contend with language and cultural barriers - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 09-08-2019

Man's cruelty to man's best friend is merciless exposed in Russian film Space Dogs, one of the most bizarre documentaries ever made! On Mubi in September [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2019

Lovers mull whether to separate from their partners and start a new life, raising the ire of small Russian town - live from Cannes [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 25-05-2017

Russia has no time for kindness and solidarity, in this hellish portrayal of a woman in search of her incarcerated husband - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 18-05-2017

To Russia with loathe: the latest movie by the director of the superb Leviathan is an allegory of hateful mother Russia, and how she's sacrificing her own children - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-10-2016

The tail of tales: Natasha has a very large and supple appendage to her trunk, just like most of the animals in zoo where she works; this modern Russian tale of the absurd is a dark and kinky comedy of social intolerance - now in cinemas and on BFI Player [Read More...]