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Guns or Butter: How the Public Judges Its Leaders in an Authoritarian Regime
When economic conditions in a country worsen, the public’s support for elected leaders in office at the time often takes a substantial hit. This relationship between economic health and approval...
Cold Snap (Part I): Russian Film after Leviathan
This essay provides context for roughly thirty-five current and upcoming Russian films, loosely clustered around four topics: directors; debuts; economic health; and dominant industry trends.
John McKay surveys the revolutionary character of Dziga Vertov’s cinema
How were Vertov's films and writings revolutionary, and does their revolutionary character remain legible for us today?