Film Fresh - Russia

Taxi Blues

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:56 +0000

$19.99

The glasnost era in Russia is depicted through the eyes of Chlykov (Piotr Zaitchenko), an antisemitic Russian cabbie, and Lyosha (Piotr Mamonov), a drunken Jewish saxophone player, who stiffs the cabbie driver for a huge fare.

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Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Won:

Best Director, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, 1990 Cannes Film Festival

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910308/REVIEWS/10308...

Review quote:

"A caustic comedy of startling originality." -- ROLLING STONE

Year:

1990

Length:

110min

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OVS Content ID:

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Moloch

maint — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:18 +0000

$11.99

In 1942, in a high fortress in Germany, Eva Braun and Adolph Hitler spend a weekend with their inner circle. This film provides a portrait of their relationship.

List Price: $14.98

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Won:

Best Screenplay, 1999 Cannes Film Festival

Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Mozgovoy), Best Actress (Rufanova), Best Cinematography, 1999 Russian Guild of Film Critics

http://www.villagevoice.com/film/9949,hoberman,10754,20.html

Review quote:

"Sokurov is less concerned with showing the banality of evil than the vacuity of absolute power." -- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE

Year:

1999

Length:

108min

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12

maint — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:24:30 +0000

$19.99

When a Chechen youth is put on trial for the murder of his stepfather, it's up to a room full of jurors divided by racism and prejudice to determine the boy's ultimate fate. One by one, each man takes center stage to confront, connect and confess while the accused awaits a verdict. Slowly the tide of opinion turns, as the jurors begin to realize their decision will forever change the course of another person's life. As they deliberate, the accused revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in a series of powerful flashbacks. Director Nikita Mikhalkov's Oscar-nominated remake of 12 ANGRY MEN is a brilliant look at fear, trust and the triumph of human nature.

List Price: $28.96

Film details

Trailer:

MIKH01.mp4

Format:

Widescreen

Teaser:

When a Chechen youth is put on trial for the murder of his stepfather, it's up to a room full of jurors divided by racism and prejudice to determine the boy's ultimate fate.

Awards – Nominated:

Best Foreign Language Film, 2008 Academy Awards

Golden Lion, 2007 Venice Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Best Actor (Garmash), 2008 Nika Awards

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/steven_rea/20090410_Reworking_of__12_A...

Review quote:

"Full of passion and speechifying, 12 is unmistakably Russian in spirit and sensibility, but its themes are universal at their core." -- Steven Rea, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Year:

2007

Length:

159min

Price: $19.99

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House of Fools

maint — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:31:00 +0000

$0.00

The inmates are running the asylum... literally. As a war led by local rebels surrounds their tranquil haven, the patients of a small psychiatric hospital remain blissfully cut off from the raging conflict-safely confined in their own small, restricted world. But problems ensue as the medical staff abandons the hospital leaving the residents to fend for themselves. Janna (Vysotsky), a beautiful young patient, takes it upon herself to organize a hapless group as best she can-entertaining them with her accordion and dreaming of the day when her imaginary fiancé, pop musician Bryan Adams, will arrive to whisk her off to a better life. Directed by gifted filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky (RUNAWAY TRAIN, DUET FOR ONE), HOUSE OF FOOLS captivated audiences at the Venice Film Festival, where it won two coveted awards including the prestigious Jury Grand Prize.

List Price: $0.00

Film details

Trailer:

KONC01.mp4

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Music, 2003 Nika Awards

Awards – Won:

Grand Special Jury Prize, UNICEF Award, Golden Lion, 2002 Venice Film Festival

http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-fools25apr25,0,4004646.story

Review quote:

"A superbly shot film of emotional extravagance, sentimentality and even humor." -- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES

Year:

2002

Length:

108min

Price: $0.00

OVS Content ID:

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