Whenever my native country’s people win awards and receive accolades, I feel immensely proud and happy. Alexander Sokurov has won the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival f...
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These films have long been deemed classical, and their directors are counted among the geniuses of modern cinema – but nothing stopped the Novosibirsk authorities to close down a local film thea...
My school teacher eventually brought a small TV in the class, and we’d occasionally catch a bit of TV during the day, but more often so in the morning, especially when we had a “nil lesson...
I have recently republished my 2007 short story The Kiss: The Story of a Dream on Yahoo! Associated Content. In Chelyabinsk later in September they are going to unveil a monument under the name The K...
Autumn in Lake District, Cumbria I am bound to the King of the Sign of Autumn Parting I love the fruits I detest the flowers I regret every one of the kisses that I’ve given Such a bitter walnut tells...
The 4-mins short about a man whose life quite literally spirals downwards at a neck-breaking speed was once selected for Sundance Film Festival programme. This appears to be a story of a suddenly inad...
I continue showing you Russian films, songs, and the work of outstanding Russian actors and directors that are available online. Previously I already told the story of El Poema de las Danzas that was ...
I shall continue telling you about and showing some of the gems of my home library. A large part of it consists of my childhood books, including those in English. I have already shared an old b...
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