Still haven’t been to the movies to see Hobbit, part 2? Sauron knows about that… (boo)
December holiday season is an ideal time to watch films released throughout the autumn, especially because many of them are contenders for winning Oscars.
Captain Philips was the first for me to catch up with since it’s been released in October.… Read the rest
November 2013 is a rather atypical month as multiple Oscar contenders, normally appearing on the screen in January/February, have already been released in the UK. Also massive blockbusters made November as big as summer months in the box office.
Your humble Russian sampled the latest Hollywood cuisine and here is my verdict.… Read the rest
Ever hungry Hyde Park squirrel as a metaphor of the consumerist culture
Think about what really makes us different from animals? Is it our ability to empathize and be altruistic sometimes? But then altruism is regularly found in animals, especially social species, and is assumed to serve as an adaptation mechanism to preserve the community or ecosystem.… Read the rest
D. Bruhl as Daniel Berg and B. Camberbatch as Julian Assange in the Fifth Estate motion picture
What is freedom?
Is this an ability to act according to one’s wishes without fear of being punished? Can you call something freedom when it takes freedom from the others?… Read the rest
Tatiana Tolstaya (photo credit – Водник, Wikimedia Commons)
Tatiana Tolstaya is one of the most prominent media figures in the modern Russian society, she’s also a publicist and a writer of short stories and novellas, some of which could be found in English.… Read the rest
Andrei Rubanov presenting his book Chlorophilia
Many writers create amazing things they’ve never lived through just out their imagination. Still I find writers who experienced terrifying shortcomings of life are able to create truly vibrant prose. Andrei Rubanov is a modern Russian author who has both a very adventurous personal history and a vivid imagination.… Read the rest