Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa has found success in both scripted and documentary films, many of which explore the ...

A rare lymphoma diagnosis meant Giorgi Gagoshidze had to abandon a film project on the economic factors behind the USSR’s collapse – until he found new meaning in medical terminology ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Ukrainian filmmaker is using archival footage to paint a visual picture of life in the Soviet Union.

“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 ...

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 1980 blockbuster is the age-old story of “good over evil”, featuring an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Rolan Bykov, among others.

"Everyone was equal," the kerchiefed babushka of Eli from Russia — a YouTuber who documents everyday life and regional ...

When I was an undergrad in film school, one of the pillar courses was a two-semester film history class that would act as a broad survey to give us a foundation as aspiring filmmakers and workers.

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Elena is a tale of two apartments: a spacious chrome, glass, and marble luxury flat that might be anywhere in prosperous Western Europe, and a cramped unit in some ...

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 ...