This was one of the first experiments in Russian cinema in the horror genre. Yakov Protazanov's movie, based on Pushkin's story, strikes a disturbing atmosphere and masterful depiction of the main ...

The movie is wildly popular in Russia. It is wildly unpopular with the Kremlin. The authorities have denounced Michael Lockshin and his movie, vitriolically (even as they did Bulgakov, in an ...

Joe Serio, former CIA agent and Russian mafia investigator, rates Russian mob scenes in movies and TV for realism.