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Radio Daze: Mysteries of The Russian Woodpecker
Over the course of the film, Alexandrovich develops the theory that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was intentionally set off to cover up the non-functionality of the supposedly seven-billion-ruble Pecker.
Brutality and Silence in Slaboshpytskyiy's The Tribe
In The Tribe, silence is the perfect cover for a mini-crime ring.
Interdisciplinarity and the Soviet Criminal
Ken Pinnow presented his ideas about criminal studies in the early Soviet period to the NYU Jordan Center Colloquium Series. He spoke about the unprecedented interdisciplinary work done in the...
Don't Look Back: a review of the film My Joy
While lacking the leather-clad explosivity of Road Warrior and the melancholic drone of Red Lights, Sergei Loznitsa puts Russia on the map with his new on-the-road flick, My Joy. Where...