A century on, Battleship Potemkin’s vision of oppression, courage and collective resistance still crackles with an energy that reminds us why cinema matters.

“Podnieks on Podnieks” is the story of a phenomenally influential Latvian documentarian who is remembered by relatively few today – but whose work was once seen by over 40 million people in the former ...

James Lloydovich Patterson, the son of an African American father and a Russian mother who became a celebrated child actor of the Stalinist era for his role in a 1930s propaganda film mythologizing ...

It’s rare that we look to Soviet-era cinema to find positive queer representation, but surprisingly enough, one overlooked silent masterpiece is being reassessed for just this reason. Subscribe to our ...

“The Irony of Fate” is a turn-of-the-year TV tradition that endures even in households that are now wary of Russian culture. By Valeriya Safronova When the film “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!