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Kirill Serebrennikov’s new production could do with more attention paid to the music
Alyona Mikhailova excels as a woman driven to madness by a doomed marriage
Written while under house arrest, Kirill Serebrennikov’s provocative film reflects his country’s rampant nationalism
Two films from directors who were unable to attend this year’s Cannes Festival
Nearly two decades into the age of Putin, the battle for the soul of the Moscow stage rages on
The opera, relocated to Rwanda, premiered as a work in progress and a call for the Russian director’s freedom
Aribert Reimann’s engrossing opera was met with warm applause
Embezzlement charges raise fears of wider crackdown on arts
A Bible-spouting teenager confronts a liberal school in Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov’s film
An innovative but uneven adaptation of Mikhail Lermontov’s 1840 novel
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