The Kinoeye archiveRussia
Web resources on Russian cinema
Welcome to the Kinoeye archive. The ultimate aim of the archive is to provide a near-as-damn-it definitive index of intelligent and thoughtful English-language analysis of cinema from the new Europe on the web. Covered by this resource are both external sites and all articles that have appeared either in Kinoeye the journal or its previous incarnation as a column in Central Europe Review. This page is devoted to Russia.
We are always looking for more articles to add. Please contact us if you have any suggestions.
To find out more about an entry in the "Films" section, let the cursor hover over a link, like this:
Entries in bold are articles that have appeared in either Kinoeye or Central Europe Review.
Journals
- Iskusstvo kino (Film Art)
Resources
Retail therapy
For Russian cinema classics available on video with English subtitles in both NTSC and PAL formats visit Central Europe Review's video page for Russia.
General articles
- Gloom in the east: Jonathan Romney on Russian cinema (Guardian)
- New Russian Cinema: by Christina Stojanova (Kinema)
- Russian Cinema in the Free-Market Realm: by Christina Stojanova (Kinema)
- Russian Cinema Reborn
- The Russians are Coming!: by Michael Brooke (Central Europe Review)
- The State of Contemporary Russian Cinema
Festivals
International film festivals
- Message to Man: Int'l Documentary, Short & Animated Film Fest
- Moscow International Film Festival
- St Petersburg International Festival of Festivals
Specialist film festivals
- Anigraph (Computer Graphics & TV Technologies Festival)
- Caucasus International Festival of Advertisment
- International Social Advertising Festival "WE!"
Festival reviews
- The 10th Sochi International Film Festival: by Ron Holloway (Kinema)
- Rich rewards in simpler forms:
- Russian films at the 2001 Karlovy Vary film festival:
- by Andrew James Horton (Kinoeye)
- Through the past to the present:
- Russian films at the 2002 Karlovy Vary film festival:
- by Andrew James Horton (Kinoeye)
- Russian films at the Thessaloníki film festival
- Russian films at the 2001 Karlovy Vary film festival:
Directors
- Bodrov, Sergei: [interview]
- Bondarchuk, Sergei: [archive of reviews]
- Eisenstein, Sergei: [general article]
- Eisenstein, Sergei: [website]
- Frumin, Boris: [interview]
- Kuleshov, Lev: [general article]: : Second article here
- Mikhalkov, Nikita: [interview]
- Pudovkin, Vsevolod: [general article]:
- Sokurov, Aleksandr: [Kinoeye list of resources]:
- Tarkovsky, Andrei: [book review]
- Tarkovsky, Andrei: [general article]: Second article here
- Tsukerman, Slava: [interview]
- Vertov, Dziga: Second article here
Films
- Aelita: Protazanov, Iakov: 1924
- Aleksandr Nevsky: Eisenstein, Sergei: 1938
- Andrei Rublev: Tarkovsky, Andrei: 1966
- Anna: Mikhalkov, Nikita: 1996
- Aprel': Murzenko, Konstantin: 2001
- Astenicheskii sindrom : Muratova, Kira: 1989
- Blokpost: Rogozhkin, Aleksandr: 1998
- Brat: Balabanov, Aleksei: 1997
- Brat: Balabanov, Aleksei: 1997
- Brat 2: Balabanov, Aleksei: 2000
- Chapayev: Vasiliev, Georgi + Sergei: 1934
- Chekhovskie motivy: Muratova, Kira: 2002
- Cvety kalenduly: Sniezhkin, Sergei: 1998
- Dnevnik ego zheny: Uchitel, Aleksei: 2000
- Dni zatmeniia: Sokurov, Aleksandr: 1989
- Dukhovne golosa : Sokurov, Aleksandr: 1995
- Ekhali dva shofera: Kott, Aleksandr: 2001
- Elegiia dorogi : Sokurov, Aleksandr: 2001
- Elegiia iz Rossii: Sokurov, Aleksandr: 1992
- Iady, ili Vsemirnaia istoriia otravlenii: Shakhnazarov, Karen: 2001
- Idi i smotri: Klimov, Elem: 1985
- Ivan Grozny: Eisenstein, Sergei: 1943
- Kamen': Sokurov, Aleksandr: 1992
- Kavkazskii plennik : Bodrov, Sergei: 1996
- Khrustaliev, mashinu!: German, Aleksei: 1998
- Kinopravda: Vertov, Dziga: 1920s-30s
- Kukushka: Rogozhkin, Aleksandr: 2002
- Liubov i drugiie koshmary: Nekrasov, Andrei: 2001
- Mashina prishla: Potemkin, Sergei: 2001
- Mat' i syn: Sokurov, Aleksandr: 1997:
- Additional articles here and here and here
- Memorabilia—sobranie pamjaatnykh veshchei: Kharlamova, Ekaterina: 2001
- Mesto na zemlie: Aristakisian, Artur: 2001
- Mesto na zemlie: Aristakisian, Artur: 2001
- Mne dvadtsat' let : Khutsiev, Marlen: 1961
- Moloch: Sokurov, Aleksandr: 1998:
- Additional articles here and here and here and here
- Morozko: Rou, Aleksandr: 1964
- Moskva: Zeldovich, Aleksandr: 2000
- Nostalghia: Tarkovsky, Andrei: 1983
- Obyknovennii fashizm: Romm, Mikhail: 1965
- Odinnadtsatyi: Vertov, Dziga: 1928
- Offret: Tarkovsky, Andrei: 1986
- Okraina: Lutsik, Peter: 1998
- Oktiabr': Eisenstein, Sergei: 1927
- Padenie dinastii Romanovykh: Shub, Esfir: 1927
- Potomok Chingis-Khana: Pudovkin, Vsevelod: 1928
- Povinnost': Sokurov, Aleksandr: 1999
- Prevrashchenie: Fokin, Valery: 2002
- Prikhodi na menia posmotret': Yankovsky, Oleg: 2001
- Prikovanni: Rybarev, Valery: 2002
- Pro urodov i liudei: Balabanov, Aleksei: 1998
- Rozhdestvenskaia misteriia: Kravchuk, Andrei and Feting, Yuri: 2000
- Russkii kovcheg: Sokurov, Aleksandr: 2002
- S dniem rozhdenia: Sadilova, Larisa: 1998
- Samostoiatel'naia zhizn' : Kanevsky, Vitaly: 1992
- Sestry: Bodrov Jr, Sergei: 2001
- Shchastlivye dni: Balabanov, Aleksei: 1991: Additional article here
- Sibirskii tsirjulnik: Mikhalkov, Nikita: 1998: Additional article here
- Stachka: Eisenstein, Sergei: 1924
- Telets: Sokurov, Aleksandr: 2001
- Telets: Sokurov, Aleksandr: 2001
- Tikhie stranitsy : Sokurov, Aleksandr: 1993
- Tini zabutykh predkiv : Paradzhanov, Sergei: 1964
- Totalitarnii roman: Sorokin, Viacheslav: 1998
- Tretia Meshchanskaya: Room, Abram: 1927
- Turksib: Turin, Viktor: 1929
- Upast' verkh: Strizhenov, Aleksandr and Ginsburg, Sergei: 2002
- Utomlennye solntsem : Mikhalkov, Nikita: 1994: Additional article here
- Velikii uteshitel': Kuleshov, Lev: 1934
- Voina i mir: Bondarchuk, Sergei: 1968
- Zamri, umri, voskresni!: Kanevsky, Vitaly: 1989
- Zerkalo: Tarkovsky, Andrei: 1975: Additional article here
- Zvezda: Lebedev, Nikolai : 2002
