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Newsmakers (2009) Movie Review
“Newsmakers” is an interesting case, being a Russian revisiting of a recent Hong Kong hit, helmed by an up and coming young Swedish director. The film is based on Johnny To’s 2004 outing “Breaking...
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Eisenstein Collection Volume 1: Strike, Battleship Potemkin, October
Sergei Eisenstein is without a doubt one of the most important directors in the history of cinema. His films now stand as classics, universally acclaimed by critics and having long become staples of film...
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The Return (2003) Movie Review
“The Return” marks the debut of Andrei Zvyaginstev, a Russian film maker who has already been compared by many to his legendary countryman, Andrei Tarkovsky (“Solaris”). It is easy to see why, as Zvyaginestv’s...
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Night Watch (2004) Movie Review
It’s interesting to see a movie like Timur Bekmambetov’s “Night Watch”, especially considering that my only exposure to Russian genre films has been two movies by Aleksei Balabanov. “Night Watch” is not like Balabanov’s...
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War (aka Vojna, 2005) Movie Review
Did you know that some Russian movies have an unseen voice simultaneously translate non-Russian dialogue into Russian? Of the two Russian films I’ve seen, this has been the case. It not only makes hearing...
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The Star (2002) Movie Review
As of late few war movies about World War II have been black and white. Oh sure, you’ll still find films mired in simplistic jingoism, but the films that manage to gain international acclaim...
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Brat 2 (aka Brother 2, 2000) Movie Review
I’ve been told that “Brat 2″, a sequel to a successful movie, is one of the biggest box office champ in Russian history. The film is a major success and (I’m once again told)...
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