The husband and wife duo of Michael and Lily Idov are making quite an impact in Russia. The American-raised Michael got his start as a journalist when he left New York City to work on Moscow’s edition of GQ. After working in journalism for a number of years, Michael created the series Londongrad in 2015 […]Read Post ›
With biopics Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, how about a biopic about two pioneers in Russia’s rock world? Well, this film from Kirill Serebrennikov is just that and done is such a visual way that it has to be seen as both a biopic and a visual experience about a movement. Mikhail “Mike” Naumenko is the […]Read Post ›
The early days of rock music in the former Soviet Union is paid tribute in the official trailer to Leto, which made its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Leningrad, in the summer, early eighties. Smuggling LP’s by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his […]Read Post ›
