Film

Vitaly Golovkov04.08.2026

‘Michael’: How legal constraints and corporate sterility undermined the biopic of the decade. The making of Michael, the long-awaited biographical film about the “King of Pop,” has become one of the most remarkable production stories in modern Hollywood. With a reported budget of $155 million, the project was conceived as the definitive cinematic portrait of […]

Yuri Chekalin02.08.2026

There are movie stars, there are action heroes, and then there is Arnold Schwarzenegger—the man millions simply know as the Terminator. On July 30, 2026, Schwarzenegger celebrated his 79th birthday, marking nearly eight decades of a life that has repeatedly defied expectations. His story reads less like a Hollywood screenplay than a modern myth. Born […]

Klim Zhukov16.02.2026

This is very, VERY sad news. I don’t want to exaggerate or draw premature conclusions, but this turn of events in the film industry is, to put it mildly, frightening and shocking. I dare to suspect that everyone has noticed how the quality of global cinema has plummeted recently. Many complain about stupid plots, incompetent […]

Kirill Benediktov01.11.2025

Yesterday I watched Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite”—a rare case of Hollywood liberals producing a good film. Twenty minutes before nuclear holocaust, filmed from various angles and through the eyes of various characters—from soldiers at an Alaskan missile base to the President of the United States (an African American former basketball player—appreciate the irony!). […]

Leon Pufferson30.09.2025

Tighten: This town isn’t big enough for two supervillains! Megamind: Oh, you’re a villain all right, just not a super one! Tighten: Oh yeah, what’s the difference? Megamind: PRESENTATION! © “Megamind” Agent 007 James Bond became the biggest success of the British intelligence MI6. Why? Because he never existed! It’s great when you can just […]

Egor Sennikov16.02.2025

I often think about what it is like to create something with full effort, being on the threshold of death. We are all doomed to it, of course, but we drown out thoughts about it with the vanity of life, work and idleness, feelings and entertainment. But when it has already knocked on the door, […]

Klim Zhukov30.08.2024

State-of-the art accents of cinema in the Russian Empire and the First World War. At the height of the First World War, the mood of society changed from euphoria and agitation to ridicule the enemy (films: “Down with the German Yoke” and “Glory to us, death to the enemies”) to fatigue and a sense of […]

Elena Frumina-Sitnikova03.06.2024

I watched the movie “Sister”. Here, finally, is a film not about evil, but about kindness. Or even like this: about Kindness. Director Alexander Galibin made his film based on the story of the wonderful Bashkir writer Mustai Karim “The Joy of Our Home”. The story is quite simple. In a Ukrainian village destroyed by […]

Serg Levine14.05.2024

In fairy tales, the battle with the dragon has long been the main feat of every knight-hero, but sometimes in real life even from a child no less than genuine heroism can be required. What boy didn’t dream as a child of becoming a hero and definitely fighting the most terrible dragon? After all, defeating […]

Sergey Stankevich02.10.2023

I previously read the book by Sergei Shargunov, which formed the basis of the film. The book is larger and deeper, which is only natural. The film itself was shot professionally and conscientiously. Of course, this is not a document, although some shots almost document the chronicle. The main advantage of the film: this is […]

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old

The End of Cinema

A House of Dynamite

James Bond On Her Majesty’s Secret Service No More

The Last Mask of the Great Actor

The secret of Bauer’s films

Miracles Happen

How to Defeat the Evil Dragon Within Yourself

Russian Civil War of 1993

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Republic’s Response

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old