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Through Fire, Water and…Brass Pipes (1968)

Posted on November 18, 2017 at 11:05 am by Jeff Kuykendall

By 1968, Russian director Aleksandr Rou (Vassilisa the Beautiful) had permanently associated his name with cinematic fairy tales aimed at children. To Western audiences he is best known for his film Jack Frost (Father Frost, 1964) because of its inclusion … Continue reading →

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Father Frost (1964)

Posted on January 28, 2017 at 8:14 am by Jeff Kuykendall

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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Vassilisa the Beautiful (1939)

Posted on February 15, 2014 at 2:34 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

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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