Moscow Never Sleeps Cavu Pictures Director: Johnny O’Reilly Written by: Johnny O’Reilly Cast: Alexey Serebryakov, Evgenia Brik, Yuri Stoyanov, Mikhail Efremov, Lubov Aksenova, Oleg Dolin Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 6/16/17 Opens: June 9, 2017 at New York’s Village East Theater In Mel Stuart’s 1969 movie “If it’s Tuesday, This Must be Belgium,” a diverse […]
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- 6/26/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Writer/director Johnny O’Reilly found himself in Russia during college and decided to stay despite Hollywood opportunities after releasing his debut narrative feature The Weather Station. He sought to film a personal story set in his adoptive home Moscow, one that would touch upon its myriad complexities. So he wrote a sprawling character study following multiple members of and in close proximity to two families on the year’s celebratory “City Day.” Think Crash and its emotion-heavy propulsion, the whole steeped in slice of life observation rather than linear three-act plot working towards a single goal. Some will die by the end and others will discover what it means to live. Some will free themselves from shackles (physical and mental) while others discover they simply aren’t yet able to escape.
I don’t know about you, but that type of parallel optimism and oppression is exactly what I...
I don’t know about you, but that type of parallel optimism and oppression is exactly what I...
- 6/10/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Despite what you might expect, Hipsters is not a snide mumblecore comedy set in Brooklyn featuring a cast of skinny jeans-wearing ironically bespectacled twenty-somethings with feigned aloofness and a chic political awareness. No, Hipsters is in fact something far more joyful and unexpected. Set in 1955 Moscow, this vibrant musical-romance centers on a group of young people who willfully reject the (communist) party line in favor of dazzling glad rags and American jazz music. But in the midst of Cold War era Russia, favoring American pop culture isn’t just subversive; it’s treason. And in a grim world painted by poverty and cloaked in gray, these decadent deviants proudly stand out in plaid suits, poodle skirts and pompadours so bright they are practically radioactive! They laugh loudly and flaunt their differences, drawing fascination and ire from the Communist Union of Youth, who regularly raid their underground parties, tackling hipsters to...
- 10/25/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
"Les Zazous"; with Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Maksim Matveev, Evgeniya Khirivskaya, Igor Voynarovskiy and Ekaterina Vilkova; directed by Valéri Todorovski.
By Ali Naderzad - October 26, 2010
Colors, rock’n’roll, Chet Baker and electric-loud suits and skinny ties. Must be Arthur Laurents country. In fact it’s the Soviet Union circa halfway through the Cold War and it’s a Valéri Todorovski movie called “Les Zazous” which will hopefully come to a theatre near you, though likely under a different name (official release date in Russia was actually 2008 but the film had a single and unique screening in Paris recently at Forum des Images). Todorovski’s influences are many but ‘Zazous’ does not replicate—no dissonant cliches or annoying double-entendres. Just the story, folks, and it’s a rousing one. Mels is a Moscow student and a passive member of the Soviet Youths who go out on raids against the Zazous,...
By Ali Naderzad - October 26, 2010
Colors, rock’n’roll, Chet Baker and electric-loud suits and skinny ties. Must be Arthur Laurents country. In fact it’s the Soviet Union circa halfway through the Cold War and it’s a Valéri Todorovski movie called “Les Zazous” which will hopefully come to a theatre near you, though likely under a different name (official release date in Russia was actually 2008 but the film had a single and unique screening in Paris recently at Forum des Images). Todorovski’s influences are many but ‘Zazous’ does not replicate—no dissonant cliches or annoying double-entendres. Just the story, folks, and it’s a rousing one. Mels is a Moscow student and a passive member of the Soviet Youths who go out on raids against the Zazous,...
- 10/26/2010
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
- 10/23/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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