Alexander Nevsky (1938)

Alexander Nevsky

Aleksandr Nevskiy (Alexander Nevsky) is not central to Eisenstein’s theory of montage and is not considered to be one of his most important works, at least critically. Yet the film exhibits a powerful folkloric...

Igla (The Needle)

1988 was a high point in the cultural transformations that exploded under perestroika. The films produced under these new conditions bore the malignant fruits of glasnost combined with the promise of fresh poss...

Asya’s Happiness

Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh (Asya’s Happiness) is a seminal film, a film that suffered numerous title changes and edits by edict. It is a rediscovered classic that was shelved...