russian cinema

I watched the Soviet Lord of the Rings

August 18, 2021June 30, 2024yggdrasille

Is it as indelibly bizarre and fabulously awful as you would have hoped, oh da.

Russian Resurrection Film Festival – Tutor & Hamlet

November 22, 2018August 8, 2023yggdrasille

I mean to check out this festival every year and usually end up missing it for whatever reasons, mostly procrastination. This year, I finally made it, catching two films over two weekends, something old and something new.

Stalker – Film Review

June 1, 2018June 18, 2021yggdrasille

After watching Solaris, last Thursday friend and I were back at the Astor Theatre for more of Andrei Tarkovsky‘s meditative, arty, defiantly slow sci-fi. I love the story I read where, upon hearing from the officials at the State Committee for Cinematography that the film was too slow and dull, Tarkovsky’s reply was that the film “needs to be slower and duller at the start so that the viewers who walked into the wrong theatre have time to leave before the main action starts”.

Solaris – Film Review

May 18, 2018May 16, 2021yggdrasille

They’re showing a couple of Andrei Tarkovsky films at the Astor Theatre this month, so friend and I went to see this 1972 Soviet sci-fi classic.

Leviathan – Film Review

April 27, 2015June 14, 2024yggdrasille

I wanted to see this movie for a while but held out because, while things at work were super-stressful, I didn’t feel like watching a real downer. Mum and I watched it yesterday and yeah, it’s long, slow and depressing; things start out bad and then get worse, and worse. Then much worse. But it’s very well made.