'Politzek' documentary denounces Russia's system of repression

Whether a 14- year-old protester or an anti-war artist, anyone deemed critical of Putin's regime can be locked up for years ...
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10 Best Movies About the Russian Revolution, Ranked

The Russian Revolution happened over 100 years ago, at the tail end of World War I. After centuries of being ruled by a sprawling empire governed by the Romanov family, combined with the devastating ...
Variety

Venice Days Selections Explore Russia’s ‘Willing Blindness’ During Chechen Wars, Silence Over Ukraine

More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival explore a different conflict that embroiled ...
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Woody Allen Defends Russian Film Festival Appearance After Ukraine Calls It a ‘Disgrace’: Putin’s War Is ‘Appalling,’ but You Can’t Cut Off Artistic Conversation

Woody Allen is defending his recent appearance at Russia’s Moscow International Film Week, which prompted Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry to slam the director as a “disgrace” amid Russia’s ongoing invasion ...

Russia’s Gen Z Uprising Might Accomplish What the West Can’t

A new generation of dissident artists is inspiring a wave of solidarity against Putin’s war—recalling the Soviet people who ...
Rolling Stone

Ukraine Slams Woody Allen Over Russian Film Fest Appearance: ‘A Disgrace’

Woody Allen’s appearance at a Russian film festival has garnered the condemnation of Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, who called the filmmakers participation “a disgrace and an insult” to the victims of ...