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Theme Week Wrap-Up Kira Muratova Week Hello dear visitors! This is it for our Kira Muratova week. I hope me and Krasnaya might have inspired you to watch some of her movies if you haven't done it. We have become quite attached to the cast of Kira's movies and we're going to give a try to Maski-Show, a silent comedy series where a few of her regular actors participated. Top Pick of the Week The Tuner (2004) Our highest-rated film from this week's exploration of Kira Muratova's unique cinema. Ranked Board Below you can click on the images of the movies we saw this week and check out our little conversations and individual ratings (listed from best to worst). #1 of the Week The Tuner (2004) Score: See Review Click to read our full conversation and individual ratings. #2 of the Week Three Stor...

Plot Summary: A two-part Soviet film examining societal apathy through a grieving widow unable to move past her husband's death and a high school teacher suffering from narcoleptic sleeping spells. Director: Kira Muratova Producer: Boris Zhavoronkov Screenplay: Kira Muratova, Sergei Popov, Aleksandr Chernykh Starring: Olga Antonova as Natasha Sergei Popov as Nikolai Alekseevich Galina Zakhurdayeva as Masha Natalia Buzko as Masha's Friend Aleksandra Svenskaya as Teacher Music: Oleg Karavaichuk Cinematography: Vladimir Pankov Editing: Valentina Oleynik HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ A Film Within a Film: Black & White Grief Meets Color Madness KRASNAYA: W...

Plot Summary: Adapting two Chekhov works, a student attempts to escape his tyrannical father's household only to wander into an interminable, absurd village church wedding. Director: Kira Muratova Producer: Sergei Chliyants Screenplay: Kira Muratova, Yevgeni Golubenko Starring: Sergei Popov as Father Shiryaev Irina Rakhmanova as Varvara Philip Panov as Pyotr Jean-Daniel Lvov as Priest Nina Ruslanova as Mother Music: Valentin Silvestrov Cinematography: Hennadiy Karyuk Editing: Valentina Oleynik HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ A Rough and Difficult Watch FREDDY: Now this one is rough! A very hard movie to watch, especially because you are going to watch what feels a...

Plot Summary: A talented young piano tuner and his pampered girlfriend scheme to swindle two wealthy, trusting elderly women out of their life savings. Director: Kira Muratova Producer: Sergei Chliyants Screenplay: Kira Muratova, Yevgeni Golubenko Starring: Alla Demidova as Anna Sergeyevna Renata Litvinova as Lina Nina Ruslanova as Lyuba Georgi Deliyev as Andrey Sergei Bekhterev as Tuner Music: Valentin Silvestrov Cinematography: Hennadiy Karyuk Editing: Valentina Oleynik HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ A Mesmerizing Black and White Gem FREDDY: Hiya Krasnaya! Seems like I have a new favorite black and white comedy! This movie is insanely funny. This is a hidden gem ...

Plot Summary: A dark triptych of surreal post-Soviet tales exploring three nonchalant murders committed out of jealousy, revenge, and spite. Director: Kira Muratova Producer: Igor Tolstunov Screenplay: Yevgeni Golubenko, Renata Litvinova Starring: Sergei Makovetsky as Gena Renata Litvinova as Ofelia Oleg Tabakov as Old Man Liliya Murlykina as Little Girl Ivan Okhlobystin as Invalid Music: Various Cinematography: Hennadiy Karyuk Editing: Valentina Oleynik HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ Dream-Like Crime Comedy: Post-Soviet Surrealism and the 90s Spirit KRASNAYA: Hey Freddy! Another day - another movie by Kira Muratova! Today we have "Three Stories", a pure ...

Plot Summary: A single Soviet mother struggles with anxiety and jealousy when her teenage son begins yearning for independence and considers moving in with his father. Director: Kira Muratova Producers: Odessa Studio Screenplay: Natalia Ryazantseva Starring: Zinaida Sharko as Yevgeniya Vasilyevna Oleg Vladimirsky as Sasha Yury Kayurov as Nikolai Sergeyevich Svetlana Kababanova as Tanya Lidiya Dranovskaya as Dusya Music: Oleg Karavaichuk Cinematography: Hennadiy Karyuk Editing: Valentina Oleynik HOT DEAL 🎬 Get The Movie Now ↗ *Live prices & availability verified on Amazon ⚠️ SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ A Mother's Crisis and Soviet Coming-of-Age FREDDY: Welcome to this week's first movie talk. We start with the second movie made by Kir...

Weekly Theme Announcement Welcome to Week 2: Kira Muratova Week Hello everyone! This week on the menu we have movies by the director, Kira Muratova! Who? Exactly. Our theme for this week was secretly chosen by Krasnaya. I've seen that most of the movies we are going to watch have a 2 hour runtime average, and are mostly in black and white. So, I'm hoping to not die from tedium 😛. Just kidding, I'm excited to get to know this director's work. Kira Georgievna Muratova was a Soviet-Ukrainian award-winning film director, screenwriter, and actress of Romanian/Jewish descent, known for her unusual directorial style. Muratova's films underwent a great deal of censorship in the Soviet Union, yet still Muratova managed to emerge as one of the leading figures in contemporary Russian cinema and was able to build a very successful film career from the 1960s onwards. Her work has been described as possibly 'one of the mos...