July Rain is a New Wave-esque Soviet classic about alienation and love | Film of the week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is an Estonian sci-fi mystery set among snowy vistas | Film of the Week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Elizaveta Svilova: the woman behind The Man With a Movie Camera
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Soviet classic The Irony of Fate is getting a Hollywood remake
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        How Larisa Shepitko’s pursuit of truth produced a searing legacy of anti-war films  
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The Soviet Union produced countless hilarious comedies — so why have they barely made an impact in the West?
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The women directors who led the Soviet Union’s silent movie era
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Cinema beyond borders: actor Justine Waddell on why cultural ties count
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Get ready for a new celebration of cult Russian cinema in London
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Kira Muratova: a tribute to the dazzling, controversial genius of Soviet and Ukrainian cinema
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russia at the Oscars: a journey down the red carpet, from War and Peace to Zvyagintsev
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        New Google doodle honours Soviet film visionary Sergei Eisenstein
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russian TV reassures viewers after Soviet holiday special ‘cancelled’
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed as Soviet stunt actor
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Yuliya Solntseva: revisiting the Soviet Union’s forgotten female auteur
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Copycat cinema: 5 Hollywood films the Russians did first
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Soviet actor and director Aleksey Batalov dies aged 88