The legacy and inspiration of Soviet director Sergei Parajanov is at the center of I Will Revenge This World With Love – S. Parajanov, a new documentary from director Zara Jian, which premieres at ...

When I was an undergrad in film school, one of the pillar courses was a two-semester film history class that would act as a broad survey to give us a foundation as aspiring filmmakers and workers.

Soviet cinema has long been an integral part of New Year's holidays: these films are loved and watched on a festive night, New Year's holidays, or in the background while cooking olivier. Watching ...

Dustin Condren's research builds on his book on Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, whose 1925 film Strike uses animal symbolism to portray human suffering and political violence. University of ...

Cinema had long been hailed by Bolshevik party leaders as a crucial ally of the Soviet mass enlightenment project. By the mid-1920s, however, Soviet psychologists, educators and practitioners of ...

When thinking of Armenian cinema, the names of Sergei Parajanov and Artavazd Peleshyan come to mind. These two titans are influential not only for Armenian or Soviet cinema but world film heritage.

MOSCOW — Rashit Yangirov, a prominent historian of the Soviet cinema whose works saved many pre-World War II emigre filmmakers from critical oblivion, has died at age 54. The scholar, who also worked ...

Externally, the building will feature a striking facade of fiber-reinforced concrete panels, some with undulating vertical fins and others animated by petroglyph-like abstract motifs. These designs ...

Zara Jian's documentary on Sergei Parajanov premieres in the Venice Classics section of the 2024 Venice Film Festival. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The legacy and inspiration of Soviet ...