Tag Archives: Aleksandr Rou

Father Frost (1964)

To mark the upcoming premiere of the new season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix, I’ve been covering each of the Russian films featured on the classic run of the series, including The Day the Earth Froze (Sampo, 1959), … Continue reading

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100 Essential Films of the Fantastic (1-25)

First off, this list is entirely personal. You will have 100 of your own. The intention is to draw a broad outline of fantasy films since the start of cinema in hopes that the reader might find some helpful recommendations. … Continue reading

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Vassilisa the Beautiful (1939)

When we think of Russian cinema, we think of Sergei Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky, Dziga Vertov. But we can learn just as much about Russia by looking at a genre that held great popularity among its people for decades: the fairy … Continue reading

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