Bill Morrison’s new documentary The Village Detective: A Song Cycle is an eerie meditation on mortality made from forgotten parts of cinema history.
Russia
Posted inHistory
The Photographers Who Captured Russia on the Eve of Its Revolution
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky and Maxim Dmitriev documented drastically different facets of Russia in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Posted inOpinion
What We Lose if the Amsterdam Hermitage Closes for Good
Thanks to the pandemic, the museum may be on the verge of shutting its doors just when Europe needs its Russian ambassador more than ever.
Posted inNews
Gen Zers in Russia Are Using TikTok as a Catchy Tool of Political Resistance
In Russia, high schoolers have massively taken to TikTok to express their support of Alexei Navalny, the resolute opposition leader most feared by the Kremlin.
Posted inFilm
Dispatches from the Arctic Art Scene
Hear from the curators behind the ongoing Arctic Art Forum about their takes on major issues affecting the region.
Posted inFilm
The Curious Lives of the Russian Stray Dogs That Traveled to Space
Space Dogs explores the lives of Moscow street dogs past and present, including the ones used in the Soviet space program.
Posted inOpinion
Queer, Feminist Art Is Still a Crime In Russia
Leading up to the July 1 election — which would allow Vladimir Putin to remain president through 2036 — queer people have been disturbingly targeted.
Posted inIn Brief
Russian Artist Faces Six Years in Jail for Pro-LGBTQ Social Media Posts
After sharing feminist and LGBTQ-friendly art on social media, 26-year-old theater director Yulia Tsvetkova has been placed under house arrest, fined, and accused of distributing “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors.”
Posted inArt
A Moscow Museum’s Ecological Rallying Cry
The Coming World is an ambitious portrait of a dark future in which the world has run out of its resources, but still hasn’t found a way to “Planet B.”
Posted inFilm
Cinematic Visions of Dante and Video Games Come Together in Russia
The Moscow International Experimental Film Festival creates an experience of genuine kino pravda.
Posted inIn Brief
Man Casually Steals Painting from Moscow Gallery in Broad Daylight [UPDATED]
Unsuspecting visitors apparently mistook the thief for a gallery employee.
Posted inIn Brief
Russia Strengthens Saudi Ties with Offer of a Kandinsky Exhibition, while Prominent Architects Bow Out of $500B Saudi Megacity
Saudi Arabia’s financial prominence in the arts has been under active evaluation in the weeks following journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance.