Child 44

Tom Hardy leads an international cast in this Soviet-era serial killer thriller

"...the waning years of Stalin’s totalitarian grip on the USSR, Child 44 does a superb job of capturing the..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Farewell

Loosely based on historic events surrounding the end of the Cold War, this French espionage film shows how some spies are just regular folks.

"...the Cold War between the U.S. and the former USSR. Pierre Froment (Canet), a French businessman based in Moscow,..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 23rd International Tournee of Animation

"...with the exception of two from the recently defunct USSR. Standouts include Gregory P. Grant's Ode to G.I. Joe®,..."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Chris Walters

Gen X from Glasnost to Putin

AFS Doc Tour: My Perestroika

"...what she saw on TV about life in the USSR, from the incessant showboating of missiles and tanks in..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Witches of the Orient

How the 1964 Japanese women’s Olympic volleyball team healed a nation

"...all their domestic matches, the team lost to the USSR in the 1960 world championships, but beat them two..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

From Russia, With Love

More than 20 years after the Soviet Union fell, Austin finally experiences some culinary glasnost

"...After World War II, during which time the USSR fought alongside the Allies, Stalin led the Union in..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Postscripts

Photojournalist Shepard Sherbell's visual record of the end of the USSR and Gerald Duff's new novel set on the Gulf Coast

"...Shepard Sherbell's Soviets: Pictures From the End of the USSR (Yale, $39.95) that seems stereotypically Soviet is a photo..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the Thirties

"...were the major hostile forces: Japan, Germany, Italy, the USSR, the USA, France, and Great Britain. This picture excludes..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Books Review by Roger Gathman

Los Hermanos/The Brothers

How the Cold War divided a family, while music kept them connected

"...Ilmar is sent to study his craft in the USSR and later at the Reina Sofia Conservatory. (Regarding Ilmar’s..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...about a gay boy growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother, and their adventurous escape..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Shape of Water

An unconventional love story from one of the best fabulists

"...argue for vivisection (and possibly a weapon against the USSR), and scientist Dr. Hoffstetler (Stuhlbarg) appeals for keeping the..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Almost Holy

Doc chronicles one pastor's mission to keep Ukrainian kids off the street

"...streets of Mariupol, Ukraine, where the fall of the USSR and the alleged birth of democracy eventually resulted in..."

June 3, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paul's Beliefs No Delusion

"...be used as a preemptive strike on the former USSR? The head physicist who designed the program learned this..."

Jan. 7, 2012 Postmarks

RaquasoXXX Cast a Spell on Red 7

La Lotteria whole lotta fun

"...and a cover of the Beatles' "Back in the USSR." We also half-assedly consider the Misfits' "Last Caress" and..."

Aug. 19, 2010 Music Post by Mark Fagan

George H. W. 'The Dude' Bush

Do the foreign policy debacles of Bush 43 rehabilitate the career of Bush 41?

"...regard to shifting the US economic policy toward the USSR only when the USSR showed moves of good faith..."

April 4, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Page Two: Seasons Change, and So Do We

Our sports blog commences, 'SXSW Presents' continues, and Priest unmasks the past

"...A troupe of actors on cultural exchange in the USSR witnesses the fall of the Soviet Empire...."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Return of the Independents

'SXSW Presents,' season three

"...fascinating story of a troupe of actors in the USSR for a cultural exchange, who end up witnessing the..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Hostel

In this horror film, three backpackers check in to the wrong hostel where, unbeknownst to them, very bad things happen from dusk till dawn.

"...Eurailing to check out the hotties of the former USSR without first packing a Mouser in my trousers. As..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...life here in the United States of Soviet Republicans (USSR) – also known as the Reds ["Postmarks," Dec. 2]...."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column

The Art of Doublespeak

"...life here in the United States of Soviet Republicans (USSR) – also known as the Reds ["Page Two," Dec...."

Dec. 5, 2005 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...everyone loses. The money the USA and the former USSR spent on the Cold War could have built everyone..."

May 10, 2002 Column

Heartbreakers

"...wealthy Russian expatriate (her version of “Back in the USSR” had me praying for the sudden appearance of an..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Day in September

Recipient of the 2000 Oscar for Best Documentary, this film unfolds the gripping drama that occurred on September 5, 1972, during the Munich Olympics, when eight armed Palestinian terrorists took 11 members of the Israeli delegation hostage.

"...Korbut, the U.S. basketball team's stunning upset by the USSR ballplayers during the last three seconds of play. Bloodshed,..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book Reviews

Recent Titles Reviewed

"...modernists and keep abreast of literary developments outside the USSR. Stylistically advancedsamizdat (underground) writing began appearing in the Soviet..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Books Feature by Harvey Pekar

Genghis Blues

"...one night he encountered a signal from the former USSR, broadcasting a strange form of folk music he'd never..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Personal Life of Marlon Sexton, Who Doesn’t Want You to Know About His Personal Life

Shooks singer and guitarist rolls the dice on a Q&A

"...boots, a red suede jacket, and a hastily acquired USSR officer hat sits planted on the velvet loveseat of..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Mars Salazar

SXSW Film Review: Potato Dreams of America

Immigrant drama sings a song of finding your own voice

"...Potato as a youth (Hersh Powers/Tyler Bocock) in mid-Eighties’ USSR are painted with vibrant, broad brushstrokes. Each scene has..."

March 17, 2021 SXSW Post by James Scott

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...360 documentary which traces their nightmarish past in the USSR. (Texas Premiere)..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Good Citizens Need Not Fear by Maria Reva

Anything can happen in the wonderfully weird Ukraine of this short story collection

"...from a monastery-turned-orphanage in "Little Rabbit," reappears in "Miss USSR" as a surly teen conscripted into impersonating a beauty..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Aliens in Russia: Inside Sputnik

Director Egor Abramenko explores the Soviet myth of heroes

"...quickly put that idea away, and decided that the USSR would be a great environment for our story, because..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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