Monthly Archives: June 2019

Luc Besson’s and Thomas Vinterberg’s Kursk

Posted on June 30, 2019 by feminist1965

Watched the film on June 30th. A day later the screening felt like a foreshadowing  to the Russian spy sub disaster on July 1st.  Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.                  

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New Russophone queer lit in English translation

Posted on June 19, 2019 by feminist1965

Four translators (Georgina Barker, Brad Damare, Annie Fisher, and David Louden) translated work by eight contemporary Russophone writers (Friedrich Chernyshev, Ilya Danishevsky, Nastya Denisova, Dmitry Kuzmin, Stanislav Lvovsky, Margarita Meklina, Lida Yusupova, and Galina Zelenina [as Gila Loran]).

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Cinema Buses in the USSR

Posted on June 14, 2019 by feminist1965

Cinema Buses in the Late Soviet Union Most of cinema buses for the Soviet film industry were manufactured in Minsk. Read the rest of the article    

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Sochi

Posted on June 12, 2019 by feminist1965
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The female pioneers of Bauhaus movement

Posted on June 4, 2019 by feminist1965

The Female Pioneers of the Bauhaus Art Movement: Discover Gertrud Arndt, Marianne Brandt, Anni Albers & Other Forgotten Innovators

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Godzilla 2: King of the Monsters

Posted on June 3, 2019 by feminist1965

Король Монстров

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Tokusatsu and Kaiju

Posted on June 1, 2019 by feminist1965

Tokusatsu (Japanese: 特撮, “special filming”) is a Japanese term for live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects. Tokusatsu entertainment often deals with science fiction, fantasy or horror, but films and television shows in other genres … Continue reading →

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