Landscapes of power: Detours looks at Moscow through the eyes of darknet drug deals
             
         
        
     
 
        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Murina is a claustrophobic family drama unraveling among the sunny seascapes of the Adriatic
                     
                 
            
         
     
    
         
     
 
                                            
                    
                                                    
                                
                                    
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        July Rain is a New Wave-esque Soviet classic about alienation and love | Film of the week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The unknown Parajanov: watch the auteur’s triptych of short films | Film of the week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Two college friends ponder 30-something regret in Krzysztof Zanussi’s The Structure of Crystal | Film of the week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                             
                                 
                             
                                            
                
             
         
        
        
        
        
            
                
                
                    
                
                
                    
                
                
                    
                                                    
    
        
    
            
            
	
    
        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        How Marcell Jankovics’ psychedelic animation lights a path for artists in an age of rising authoritarianism
                     
                 
            
         
     
        
    
        
            
            
                This new book captures the history and reality of the black experience in Russia and Europe
             
         
        
     
 
    
         
     
 
                                            
                    
                                                    
                                
                                    
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russian band January Blues on making post-punk’s first Ingush-language record
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Prin Lume: the bittersweet electro-pop debut by Romanian singer-songwriter Paulina
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Set in sunlit Georgia, Comets is a quiet film about enduring love | Film of the week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                             
                                 
                             
                                            
                
             
         
        
        
        
        
            
                
                
                    
                
                
                    
                
                
                    
                                                    
                                            
                    
                                                    
                                
                                    
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk — ambitious, daring, encyclopaedic
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The unlikely story of a pickles ad that became an award-winning film
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania is a groundbreaking diaristic documentary on homecoming | Film of the Week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                             
                                 
                             
                                            
                
             
         
        
        
        
        
            
                
                
                    
                
                
                    
                
                
                    
                                                    
                                            
                    
                                                    
                                
                                    
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Aliona van der Horst explores the life and death of poet Boris Ryzhy | Film of the week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Witty and frank: Wislawa Szymborska’s book How to Start Writing (and When to Stop) | Calvert Reads
                     
                 
            
         
     
                                                                                    
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is an Estonian sci-fi mystery set among snowy vistas | Film of the Week