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Billionaire Boys Club: Andrey Zvyagintsev Tackles Power & Corruption with “Jupiter”

He had a couple of projects in the works (English language project What Happens and a “psychological mood” of Russia’s society) and then had...

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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...

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.