Tolstoy's sprirt
Tolstoy's spirit returns to ancient lands: James Meek finds the power that Count Leo Tolstoy still holds over Russia's soul beating strongly in the heart of the novelist's great great grandson - the new director of his old estate, Yasnaya Polyana
Cinema: Russian Film Festival - London
By Saul Sherry
The pick of the features was Wild Field, a sumptuous entity, in which the landscape constantly threatens to engulf all players and kidnap the narrative. Such is the power of place, and its inherent spacing, that it automatically adds an edge to each individual character. Set in a mirror-world version of America's wild west, the film centres on Dmitry (Oleg Dolin), a young doctor stationed in solitude on a dilapidated medical centre.
The pick of the features was Wild Field, a sumptuous entity, in which the landscape constantly threatens to engulf all players and kidnap the narrative. Such is the power of place, and its inherent spacing, that it automatically adds an edge to each individual character. Set in a mirror-world version of America's wild west, the film centres on Dmitry (Oleg Dolin), a young doctor stationed in solitude on a dilapidated medical centre.
The Rat-Killer
by Alexandr Terekhov
Translated by Natalie Roy and B.T. Gall
Alma Books; 2008; pp. 347
Rats and human beings aren't that far apart from each other in "The Rat-Killer". As the political intrigue of phantasmagorical post-communist reality develops into nightmare, the greed, cunning and malice of the humans more and more resemble the behaviour of the large communities of destructive rodents, while the rats acquire more and more human features.
Translated by Natalie Roy and B.T. Gall
Alma Books; 2008; pp. 347
Rats and human beings aren't that far apart from each other in "The Rat-Killer". As the political intrigue of phantasmagorical post-communist reality develops into nightmare, the greed, cunning and malice of the humans more and more resemble the behaviour of the large communities of destructive rodents, while the rats acquire more and more human features.
Cinema: Russian Film Festival - London
By Saul Sherry
The pick of the features was Wild Field, a sumptuous entity, in which the landscape constantly threatens to engulf all players and kidnap the narrative. Such is the power of place, and its inherent spacing, that it automatically adds an edge to each individual character. Set in a mirror-world version of America's wild west, the film centres on Dmitry (Oleg Dolin), a young doctor stationed in solitude on a dilapidated medical centre.
The pick of the features was Wild Field, a sumptuous entity, in which the landscape constantly threatens to engulf all players and kidnap the narrative. Such is the power of place, and its inherent spacing, that it automatically adds an edge to each individual character. Set in a mirror-world version of America's wild west, the film centres on Dmitry (Oleg Dolin), a young doctor stationed in solitude on a dilapidated medical centre.
Cinema: Russian Film Festival - London
By Saul Sherry
The pick of the features was Wild Field, a sumptuous entity, in which the landscape constantly threatens to engulf all players and kidnap the narrative. Such is the power of place, and its inherent spacing, that it automatically adds an edge to each individual character. Set in a mirror-world version of America's wild west, the film centres on Dmitry (Oleg Dolin), a young doctor stationed in solitude on a dilapidated medical centre.
The pick of the features was Wild Field, a sumptuous entity, in which the landscape constantly threatens to engulf all players and kidnap the narrative. Such is the power of place, and its inherent spacing, that it automatically adds an edge to each individual character. Set in a mirror-world version of America's wild west, the film centres on Dmitry (Oleg Dolin), a young doctor stationed in solitude on a dilapidated medical centre.
AES+F
Now - July 18 2008
RS&A Ltd. Gallery, London
Entry Free
Moscow art collecive of four, AES+F, presents video installation and porcelain work in their first solo exhibition in the UK. 'First Riot' brought new prominence to their already illustrious careers, when it met with sensational success at the Venice Biennale in 2007...
RS&A Ltd. Gallery, London
Entry Free
Moscow art collecive of four, AES+F, presents video installation and porcelain work in their first solo exhibition in the UK. 'First Riot' brought new prominence to their already illustrious careers, when it met with sensational success at the Venice Biennale in 2007...
Stalker at the BFI
10 February
BFI, Southbank
Tarkovsky's genre-defying evocation of a decayed post-industrial society was filmed in a disused and rotting power station, the setting for a forbidden landscape known as "the zone" where the Stalker leads a Writer and a Scientist on a quest for a hidden truth. Thirty years on from the film's original release, Professor Ian Christie will introduce this seminal film. Following the screening there will be a discussion with special guests including Evgeny Tsymbal, the film's assistant director. For a chance to win tickets to this exclusive event, let us know what this film means to you at our forum.
BFI, Southbank
Tarkovsky's genre-defying evocation of a decayed post-industrial society was filmed in a disused and rotting power station, the setting for a forbidden landscape known as "the zone" where the Stalker leads a Writer and a Scientist on a quest for a hidden truth. Thirty years on from the film's original release, Professor Ian Christie will introduce this seminal film. Following the screening there will be a discussion with special guests including Evgeny Tsymbal, the film's assistant director. For a chance to win tickets to this exclusive event, let us know what this film means to you at our forum.
Rossica 14
Russian Summer in London
In this issue we trace the life and career of Russian-Polish émigré artist and Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempica, and we explore the mystery of “Russianness” in 19th century Russian painting.
In this issue we trace the life and career of Russian-Polish émigré artist and Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempica, and we explore the mystery of “Russianness” in 19th century Russian painting.
Rossica 14
Russian Summer in London
In this issue we trace the life and career of Russian-Polish émigré artist and Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempica, and we explore the mystery of “Russianness” in 19th century Russian painting.
In this issue we trace the life and career of Russian-Polish émigré artist and Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempica, and we explore the mystery of “Russianness” in 19th century Russian painting.