Tag Archives: Russian

Peter Greenaway’s best film in years

Peter Greenaway’s best film in years

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO (Axiom). The great Russian director Sergei Eisenstein (played by a flamboyant, charismatic Elmir Back) goes to Mexico in 1931 to film Qu ...
“Andrei Rublev” is a Russian masterpiece

“Andrei Rublev” is a Russian masterpiece

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs ANDREI RUBLEV (Fusion) is the name of a great medieval Russian icon painter, a former monk (played by Antoliy Solonitsyn), who lost and regained his faith. It is ...