Russian Performer Killed in Onstage Accident During Opera at Bolshoi Theater

Alissa Simon Film CriticAs the pandemic continues to catalyze major life changes, motivating — or necessitating — many to make a new start, a film such as “Golden Voices” resonates even more deeply.

Experienced Russian executive Nadezda Motina is launching Arna Media, a theatrical distribution company for the local market that is also planning to expand into co-productions.

Naman Ramachandran Eminent Russian media industry executive Nadezda Motina has launched Arna Media, a Moscow-based independent distribution company that will distribute local language and international feature films for the Russian market. Arna, which plans to release 12 films a year from 2022, already has a strong line-up as part of its inaugural distribution slate.

translated some media commentary on Gamble from the past week, reporting that radio host Vladimir Soloviev said Gamble used her “sex appeal” to throw off the 69-year-old leader and acted “like she was in the movie ‘9½ Weeks’ or ‘Basic Instinct.’”Dmitry Kiselyov said on state TV’s “Vesti Nedeli” that Gamble behaved “shamelessly” and “cast wistful glances” at Putin.

A decision on whether Russian president Vladimir Putin will attend the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow next month has not been taken yet.

Christopher Vourlias Grindstone Entertainment Group, which has a distribution partnership with Lionsgate, has acquired North American rights to the Russian animated adventure “My Sweet Monster,” which is scheduled to be released theatrically in Russia by Sony Pictures on Dec.

Far Cry 6 on PS4 are reporting that they’re unable to upgrade to the PS5 version due to receiving Russian versions of the game.This isn’t the first time Ubisoft has sent players the wrong version of a game. As initially reported by Eurogamer, these Russian discs don’t affect the gameplay, but they do prevent UK owners from upgrading to the latest version of the game unless they switch to a Russian PSN account.

Christopher Vourlias Well Go USA has acquired North American rights to the Russian war movie “Infiltration,” the directorial debut of acclaimed actor Alexey Chadov, the company announced at Mipcom this week.The film centers around Ivan, played by Chadov, who sets off on a dangerous mission into Syria to exfiltrate his ex-commander Grey after his capture by ISIS. With the help of U.S.

MOSCOW -- Russian news reports say an actor has died in an accident during a scene change at Moscow's Bolshoi theater.The reports cited witnesses as saying that the actor appeared to have exited the stage on the wrong side during a Saturday evening performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “Sadko” and was struck by scenery being lowered.After the accident, the stage’s curtain was lowered and the audience eventually was told the performance was canceled and their money would be refunded, the

Christopher Vourlias Fast-growing Russian VOD platform KION is bringing a diverse slate of original content to Mipcom this year as it tries to replicate its domestic success in the international market.Six months after the streaming service was launched by telecom giant MTS, company execs say they’re aiming to grow their subscriber base to 3.8 million by the end of the year as the Russian SVOD arms race heats up.To do so, KION is looking to build its catalog of original films and series in a

Russia has always prided itself on being first for a number of space exploration milestones, and today it can count itself as the first country to launch a film crew into space.

MOSCOW -- A Russian actor and a film director have rocketed to space on a mission to make the world’s first movie in orbit.Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, a veteran of three space missions.

Christopher Vourlias When the Soyuz MS-19 spaceship blasts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct.