An adaptation of a classic “Three Sisters” play by Anton Chekhov. Read More »
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Mary of Scotland (1936) John Ford, Leslie Goodwins, Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge
Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to rule as queen, to the chagrin of Elizabeth I of England who finds her a dangerous rival. Read More »
Lilya 4-ever AKA Lilja 4-ever (2002) Lukas Moodysson, Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharskiy, Pavel Ponomaryov
While waiting for her mothers reply to take her to the USA, Lilya idles the time away smoking Read More »
War AKA Voyna (2002) Aleksey Balabanov, Aleksey Chadov, Ian Kelly, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Read More »
The Mirages AKA Mirazhi (1916) Pyotr Chardynin, Arsenii Bibikov, Tamara Gedevanova, Andrej Gromov
Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Read More »
The Road AKA Jol (2001) Darezhan Omirbayev, Jamshed Usmonov, Saule Toktybayeva, Alnur Turgambayeva
A filmmaker, Kobessov, awakens from an anxiety nightmare: during the preview of his newest film Read More »
4 AKA Chetyre (2004) Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Yuriy Laguta, Marina Vovchenko, Sergey Shnurov
Meat merchant Oleg, prostitute Marina, and piano tuner “simply Volodya” drop into an all-night bar in Moscow Read More »
The Postman’s White Nights AKA Belye nochi pochtalyona Alekseya Tryapitsyna (2014) Andrey Konchalovskiy, Aleksey Tryapitsyn, Irina Ermolova, Timur Bondarenko
The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat Read More »
Morphine AKA Morfiy (2008) Aleksey Balabanov, Leonid Bichevin, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Andrey Panin
The year is 1917. We are in the Russian countryside. It is the middle of freezing winter. Read More »
It Doesn’t Hurt Me AKA Mne ne bolno (2006) Aleksey Balabanov, Renata Litvinova, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Dmitriy Dyuzhev
Three young friends have all they need for a sterling life besides money. Read More »