Giant billboards for war films outside Moscow's Mosfilm studio mark its 100 years of filmmaking. Known as Moscow's "dream factory," the studio has long been a tool for shaping narratives in the ...

The post Woody Allen Appears at Russian Film Festival: “A Disgrace and An Insult” appeared first on Consequence. Largely ostracized from Hollywood, Woody Allen found a more welcoming stage over the ...

Arguing about Oscar nominations is a time-honored film-buff ritual. This year's foreign film category raises a lot of questions and reflects again how opaque the world really is. Many have already ...

At a movie theatre in central Moscow this month, people had come to watch an illicit film. It wasn't a documentary about the war in Ukraine or political persecution under Vladimir Putin's regime. It ...

MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Mosfilm, the state-owned giant of Soviet and Russian cinema that produced classic films such as "Battleship Potemkin" and "Solaris", marks its centenary on Tuesday, and its ...

Last Air in Moscow follows Russian journalists who report on the country's abuses. Reviewer Justin Chang calls it one of the ...

A host of thorny issues face film festivals that want to retain their independence and integrity in a world where many would happily coopt them, said a group of professionals in the field during the ...

After joining the fest team straight out of high school, Marjanović took over as head of the film event this year, replacing long-time director Mirsad Purivatra. "You won't find this many films and ...

"Russian cinema houses are always open to films by Iranian directors," Yury Kolosov emphasized TASS, June 21. Russian filmmakers are ready to foster cooperation with their Iranian partners, Yury ...

Within nine days of its January 1 wide release, the live-action/animated hybrid feature Cheburashka became the highest-grossing local film in Russian box office history. A few days later, it passed ...

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned Woody Allen for speaking virtually at a Russian film festival over the weekend, calling his participation in the event “a disgrace and an insult” to ...

The top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and a group that represents Ukrainians living in Canadian have sharply criticized the showing of the film Russians At War at the Venice Film ...