The Big Trip
Easily leading the new wave of Russian animation successes abroad, the “Snow Queen” series see its third edition this year at Cannes with “Snow Queen 3: The Stolen Princess Fire…
Coma
Acid
Jumpman
To christen the main character in Russian director Ivan I. Tverdovsky’s third feature “Jumpman” is to suggest that 16-year-old Denis (lanky newcomer Denis Vlasenko) is some kind of superhero. Granted,…
I Am Losing Weight
A Rough Draft
Unforgiven
Crystal Swan
Torn between her drab post-Communist homeland and her glamorous fantasies of America, the ambitious young heroine of Crystal Swan clearly shares some autobiographical parallels with the film’s writer-director Darya Zhuk….
Ayka
Having kicked up plenty of dust on the steppes of the Palais at Cannes in 2008 with Un Certain Regard entry Tulpan, an almost universally admired blend of warmth, drama…
Sobibor
Konstantin Khabensky’s “Sobibor,” which screened in the market at Cannes, is based on a real-life concentration camp revolt during World War II, but although it is historically accurate, the director…
Journey to China: The Mystery of Iron Mask
L’esploratore inglese Jonathan Green, su ordine di Pietro il Grande, parte per un viaggio durante il quale dovrà mappare l’Estremo Oriente russo. Arriverà fino in Cina, dove il cartografo dovrà…
Beyond the Edge
Child 44
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders — a case that begins to connect with the very top of…