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After last week’s introduction to the remarkable work and technique of Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky, it’s worth taking a closer look at...

Have you seen the photographic work of Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky? It’s really quite something. He is most famous for his early 20th...

Utopia’s demise finally occurred with one fatal shot in 1991 as the last remnants of a post-Stalinist system rebelled with an attempted...

Modernity and authenticity, each often existing at the expense of the other, are uncomfortable bedfellows. The new invariably pushes out the old,...

T’s last three years at Moscow University (1986 – 1989) overlapped with the world of work in a punishing schedule that saw each full day at...

‘T’, a native Muscovite,  had found an idyllic childhood existence in her Soviet utopia. Growing into early adulthood, she found her curiosity...

“It goes against the natural order of things” she tells me. ‘T’, a native Muscovite, is reflecting upon how the utopian ideals of the...

Last week we took a truly superficial glance at Andrei Tarkovsky, in the context of the Mosfilm site and its generous offering of full length...

Does the idea of free access to hundreds of Soviet film classics appeal? The answer is a no-brainer for anyone with the slightest interest in...

Have you seen Child 44? It’s the most recent film by Daniel Espinosa, drawn from the book trilogy by Tom Rob Smith. Starring Tom Hardy as a...