Film Review: Hero (2019)
byKicking off this year’s Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Hero is a “spy-thriller” about Russian sleeper cells all over the world awaiting instructions from a shadowy government…
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Film Review: Jumpman (2018)
byJumpman gets its title from the main activity around which the film is framed: a boy, Denis (Denis Vlasenko), who leaps in front of…
Film Review: Spacewalkers (2017)
bySomething everyone forgets about the Space Race is that the Soviets won almost every part of it, except the big one. The USA were…
Film Review: Uncle Vanya (1970)
byOne of the many things that seem indispensable to the Russian identity is its writers. As the adage goes Russia is the world’s most…
Film Review: Moscow Never Sleeps (2015)
byJust as short-story collections have become the go-to book release for the author having a quiet year, we have seen the multi-narrative tale of…
Film Review: The Student (2016)
byComing from the mind of Kirill Serebrennikov is the brooding and intellectual The Student. The film examines the place of Russian orthodox Christianity within school…
Russian Resurrection Film Festival: Love with an Accent (2012)
byLove With An Accent could be considered Russia’s answer to Love Actually, comprised of seven short stories, Georgian writer/director Rezo Gigineishvili provides an extremely positive, albeit at times a little implausible, perspective on love.
Russian Resurrection Film Festival: Soulless (2012)
byMax (Danila Kozlovskiy) is living the high life in Moscow. A senior bank manager, he is incredibly wealthy with all the material possessions anyone could ever want. He spends his days working in a building he calls ‘global corporate evil’ and his nights partying with countless women and drugs.
Russian Resurrection Film Festival: The Conductor (2012)
byOperatic in its entirety, at its core The Conductor has a heart, but it is surrounded by substantial implausibility that makes it hard to find. It might have grand theatrics, but ultimately falls flat.
Russian Resurrection Film Festival: The Snow Queen (2012)
byThe Snow Queen’s world is void of colour, juxtaposed against the colourful landscape of scenes reminiscent of life under the Tsar and the post-Cold War era. There are capitalist and Soviet themes throughout The Snow Queen, creating a journey through the history of an incredibly volatile country.