Image: IndieWire Ben Gazzara died on February 3, 2012 at the age of 81 from pancreatic cancer. IndieWire called Peter Bogdanovich who was Gazzara’s close friend and directed him in several films...
As I began to love myself, I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is authenticity. As I began to love myself I ...
Roman Polanski’s Carnage was released in Moscow on December 8, 2011 (one day before my birthday). For those who follow Polanski’s work it is interesting to note a slight shift in his focus...
Some time ago I published here extract from the book by Mikhail Romm, on different types of cinematic shots. A few of you wondered where I got the English version; alas, there is no such (yet). I thou...
Steve Woods reports at Technorati about Princess Leia Freaks: SciFi Themed Brothel to Open in Vegas. Apparently, Dennis Hof, a Nevada businessman who has already made his name as the creator of severa...
Michael Cunningham signing books in Moscow, November 18 Moscow is renowned for its unexpected and colossal traffic jams – and never more so as when you’re waiting for a speaker to arrive t...
Roman Polanski’s 1962 short Ssaki is a Surrealist tale of co-operation and compassion. The two characters (Henryk Kluba and Michal Zolnierkiewicz) wander across the snowy wonderland. We don̵...
Lisa Mokhova (by Vladimir Begma) I have been thinking recently that I barely wrote anything about Quiet Flows the Don in the last 2 years. Perhaps, I was unconsciously waiting for the exhibition of pa...
I watched The Man Who Saved the World in November 2005. The first time we observe someone’s attempt to go out of their way to replicate something it usually makes us laugh. So, I guess the attit...