Archive
Celebrating Chekhov
The great playwright Anton Chekhov wrote his major works from 1894 until his death in 1904 - during cinema's first decade.
Farewell: A Tribute to Elem Klimov and Larisa Shepitko
10 films retrospective tribute to the most legendary, glamorous, talented and charismatic Russian film couple.
Man with the Movie Camera: Two by Sergey Urusevski
A tribute to the work of the extraordinary Russian cinematographer Sergey Urusevskiy
Red Hollywood
This mini series features five best works by Lubov Orlova and Grigoriy Aleksandrov.
Room and a Half
Dir. Andrei Khrzhanovsky Russia, 2009, color; 130 min., in Russian with English subtitlesWhen asked in an interview whether he ever intended to return to his Motherland, Joseph Brodsky replied: "Such a journey could only take place anonymously..." The creators of this film imagined that the journey in question was undertaken after all, selecting the genre of an ironic fairytale.
Stories from Russian Province
2011 marks two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the beginning of a new identity for Russia and its citizens.
The Wild East: The Best of Soviet Action Films
Unlike the Red Westerns of the American Wild West, Soviet Easterns usually took place on the eastern steppes of the USSR, especially during the Russian Revolution or following the Civil War.
War and Peace
Made with the great intensity, film intends a very faithful screen adaptation of Russia's most famous historical epic based on the novel by Lev Tolstoy.