- Gloomy postmodernism from the student of Tarkovski. I was really stressed by this film. It is very awesome and absurd story set in Kaliningrad. One can see a lot of ruined castles and 18-19th century German buildings here. You can also see the grave of Immanuil Kant and a lot of screened freaks. Atmospheric and cold su…
- This is a subtle and surprising adaptation of the Chekhov novella, a small gem of a film that deserves rediscovery. Disgraced nobleman Vladimir (Alexander Kaidanovsky) is sent by a radical group to assassinate Orlov (Pavel Kadochnikov), an important Tsarist official. To gain access to the target, Vladimir gets hired as…