Posts Tagged ‘Russian’
SIFF Film Review – Elena
In the new Russian film Elena, which premiered locally at the Seattle International Film Festival, Nadezhda Markina stars as the title character. In her early 60s, she is a dutiful wife to her rather cold and curmudgeonly older husband, Vladimir (played by Andrey Smirnov). Each…
READ MOREFilm Review – Hipsters
Where there is a system telling people to act a certain way, there are always those who will embrace the system and those who will rebel. In the Russian musical film Hipsters (2008), from director Valeriy Todorovskiy, Mels (Anton Shagin) is one who is within…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Return
This Russian movie was recommended to me by a friend who likes his plots simple and direct and moving. This movie has all of these things and, despite not being all that uplifting, has even MORE than just these things. It’s about two brothers who…
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