Mira (2022): A Near-Miss in Space
This gripping Russian film tells a survivor story like no other. Meet Valery Arabov, a loving father and astronaut on board a space station, who will stop at nothing to…
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Chernobyl 1986 (2021)
Next to the horrific Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bombs, when we think of nuclear disasters what comes to mind are the tragic incidents in Fukushima (Japan) and Chernobyl (in erstwhile…
Office Romance (1977)
Office Romance (Sluzhebnyy roman) is a Russian Romantic Comedy from the 1970s. Watching the film feels like a time travel to Moscow of the Soviet era. Director Eldar Ryazanov has…
I walk around Moscow (1964)
Can a film be about going around a city and showing a glimpse of everyday life there without becoming a documentary? Yes, proves this Russian film: I walk around Moscow…
12 stulev (1971)
How to do a satire of a then prevailing repressive regime, without actually being seen as being one? To see one that’s done well, check out this comedy film “The…
The Diamond Arm (1969)
The Diamond Arm (1969) aka Brilliantovaya ruka (1969), is a Russian Comedy film that had a homespun feeling yet was jocular and entertaining. A good way to spend a evening…
Anna Karenina: Vronsky’s Story (2017)
Published in 1878, Anna Karenina is one of the well-known characters of the legendary Leo Tolstoy; Wikipedia, says it to be the greatest work of literature ever! The novel has…
USA “resets” relationships with Russia
My views on international politics (and in India politics) are in general formed based on issues rather than personalities or political parties. I normally refine myself from forming strong opinions…