Petrov’s Flu, 2021. Written and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. Starring Semyon Serzin, Chulpan Khamatova, and Yuri Kolokolnikov. SYNOPSIS: A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of […]
Movie Review – The White Crow (2019)
The White Crow, 2019. Directed by Ralph Fiennes. Starring Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sergei Polunin, Louis Hofmann, Olivier Rabourdin, Raphaël Personnaz, Chulpan Khamatova, Zach Avery, and Yves Heck. SYNOPSIS: The story of Rudolf Nureyev’s defection to the West. There is much conversation regarding ballet philosophy in The White Crow (legendary actor and serviceable director […]
Movie Review – The White Crow (2018)
The White Crow, 2018. Directed by Ralph Fiennes. Starring Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louis Hofmann, Chulpan Khamatova, Sergei Polunin, Raphaël Personnaz, Aleksey Morozov, Nebojsa Dugalic, Anna Urban and Anastasiya Meskova. SYNOPSIS: The story of Rudolf Nureyev’s defection to the West. The White Crow is a well-crafted piece, from writer David Hare and director […]
First trailer for Ralph Fiennes-directed Cold War drama The White Crow
Ahead of its release this coming March, StudioCanal has unveiled the first trailer, poster and images for The White Crow, which is directed by Ralph Fiennes and stars Oleg Ivenko as Rudolf Nureyev, the famed Soviet ballet dancer who defected to the West during the height of the Cold War. A young man of just 22, […]