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Directed by Alexander Dovzhenko Arsenel 1928. Beautifully photographed poetic silent film exalting the revolutionary spirit of the farmers. (VHS) Earth 1930. Poetic drama of man's relationship with nature, set in the Ukraine. A silent classic.
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein - Alexander Nevsky 1938. Classic tale of 13th century Russia. Battleship Potemkin 1925. Landmark film of the 1905 Revolution that deserves its reputation as a groundbreaker. Ivan the Terrible 1943. Epic spectacle of Csar Ivan IV's life. (VHS) October: Ten Days That Shook the World 1928. Reconstruction of the events of the 1917 Revolution. Que Viva Mexico His final film, made in Mexico, 1932. (VHS)
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov - Burnt by the Sun Provocative meditation about the realities of life in Stalinist Russia, set in 1936. Won Academy Award Best Foreign Film. Close to Eden/ Urga One of the most poetic visions of recent cinema. Mongolian/ English subtitles. (VHS)
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - Andrei Rubelev 1966. Story of a 15th century icon painter. Ivan's Childhood 1962. His prize-winning debut feature. Mirror 1974. Intercuts autobiographical fragments with documentary footage of the broader sweep of history. Nostalgia 1983. His first film made outside Russia (in Italian with English sub-titles) explores the melancholy of the expatriate. Solaris 1972. Madness threatens all who work on a space station that circles the mysterious planet Solaris. Winner, Special Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival. Stalker 1979. Half outlaw, half saint, the Stalker guides those who want to enter the forbidden zone.
The Ascent Dir. Larisa Shepitko. Haunting allegory based on the fate of Russian partisans in German hands in 1942. (VHS) Chapayev Dir. Sergei Vasiliev, 1934. The story of a bandit who became a leader during the 1919 Civil War. (VHS) The Colour of Pomegranates & The Legend of Suram Fortress Dir. Sergei Paradjanov. Acclaimed as one of the greatest filmmakers to emerge from the Soviet tradition (VHS) Come and See Dir. Elem Klimov. Epic, allegorical enactment of the hellish experience of war. Rated R. (VHS) Father and Son Dir. Alexander Sokurov, 2003. Intense, moody but beautiful meditation on notions of masculinity. The Italian Dir. Andrei Kravchuk, 2005. On the brink of adoption by an Italian family a 6 year old Russian boy decides to search for the mother who abandoned him. Lilya 4-Ever Dir. Likas Moodysson. The Swedish director’s third feature is this time set in a poor Russian suburb to reveal, with touching insight, the life of an abandonded teenager. Man With a Movie Camera Dir. Dziga Vertov, 1929. Groundbreaking silent documentary. Molom Dir. Marie Jaoul De Poncheville. Based on legendary nomadic tales, Molom is a kind of mediator between god & humans. Mongolian. (VHS) Mongol Dir. Sergei Bodrov, 2007. Great epic that recounts the early life of Ghenghis Khan. Prisoner of the Mountain Dir. Sergei Bodrov. Two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by a Chechen village chieftan who intends to trade them for his son imprisoned by Russian authorities. (VHS) The Return Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev. Amazing debut feature is an eerie metaphorical thriller about a long absent father and his two sons. The Royal Hunt Dir. Vitaly Melnikov. Historical epic in the tradition of “War & Peace”. (VHS) Russian Ark Dir. Alexander Sokurov. Extraordinary single take film set inside the famed Hermitage Museum. The Stroll Dir. Alexy Uchitel. Footloose romantic drama about young Russians played out largely in real time. The Thief Dir. Pavel Chukhrai. In Post WWII Russia a young boy learns harsh lessons from his surrogate father. Tulpan Dir. Sergey Dvortsevoy, 2008. A debut feature, four years in the making and a multiple award winner at Cannes, Tulpan is a symphonic celebration of life and nature, disguised as a simple love story. We Are From Kronstadt Dir. Yefim Dzigan, 1936. Covers an unusual episode of the Civil War in 1919. (VHS) Window to Paris Dir. Yuki Mamin. Comic fantasy about the attractions of the West.
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