The 10 Top Movies of 1977 — a Year That Changed Film Forever

Here are the top 10 movies of 1977, ranked by domestic box office. The film at No. 1 permanently changed The post The 10 Top ...

Latvian Filmmaker Who Witnessed Last Days of the Soviet Union Portrayed in ‘Podnieks on Podnieks'

"Podnieks on Podnieks" is the story of a phenomenally influential Latvian documentarian who is remembered by relatively few ...

7 1970s Sci-Fi Movies You Forgot Were Awesome

The 1970s were such a wild time for sci-fi movies like Star Wars and Alien that these films are often overlooked.
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Beta Film Picks Up ‘Soviet Jeans’ Ahead of Series Mania, Reveals Stills of an ‘Unconventional’ Take on Soviet Latvia – With a Touch of ‘Finding Nemo’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Beta Film has picked up international distribution rights to Latvia’s “Soviet Jeans.” Presented at Berlinale Series Market Selects, the show will premiere at Series Mania in March. Set in Riga in the ...
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A Century Ago, a Forgotten Soviet Film Changed the Face of Sci-Fi

It’s unusual for a movie to have inspired creations as diverse as Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Roland Emmerich's Independence Day, but a movie celebrating its 100th birthday today can claim just such ...
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‘Tetris’ screenwriter on translating dramatic history of Soviet game to film

There’s an addictive quality to Tetris — so addictive that in the Soviet Union, where it was created in 1984, the government blocked it from state computers because it was ruining productivity. A ...