Tag: Murad Osmann

Petrov’s Flu | Review

Delirium Tremens: Serebrennikov Maddens with Post-Soviet Magical Realism Historically, Russian cinema (and literature) always tends to go for broke. Challenging narratives, endless characters, and opulent...

Tchaikovsky’s Wife | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review

Lady Beard: Serebrennikov Delivers Extravagant Recuperation of a Woman Undone Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of the 19th century’s most prolific composers, whose music remains an...

The World to Come | Review

Pitch Rider to Perdition: Fastvold Fans Flames of Forbidden Desire in Masterful Period Drama Few and far between are cinematic narratives which attempt to, much...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #64. Yury Bykov’s The Owner

The Owner Russian director Yury Bykov continues a prolific streak with sixth feature The Owner, a Russian-Swiss-UK co-pro with Ilya Stewart, Pavel Buria and Murad...

Sputnik | Review

This Time It’s Cold War: Abramenko Revamps a Xenomorph with Effective Potboiler Just when you think a familiar formula might have run all its potential...

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2025 Cannes Film Festival: In Alice Rohrwacher We Trust – La Chimera Director is Caméra d’or Jury of One

Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher might be the most caffeinated...

The Shrouds | Review

Death Be Not Shroud: Cronenberg Hits Dead Ends in...