Roger Deakins with his one continuous take in 1917 is a likely shoo-in in Oscar’s DP category, but we can’t overlook Kantemir Balagov’s post WWII Leningrad feature Beanpole, which is infused with ...

It’s easy to see why “Beanpole” was celebrated at Cannes, where Russian director Kantemir Balagov took two prizes last year. The film, which also earned a spot on this year’s Oscar shortlist for best ...

Having hailed from Alexander Sokurov’s directing school, Russian auteur Kantemir Balagov made a name for himself on the international film stage with his 2017 debut feature Closeness, which screened ...

Leningrad. 1945. The Russian city is less than two years removed from the end of a 30-month siege in which a million citizens died, most from starvation. Food remains in short supply; people without ...

Watch the trailer for the movie ‘Beanpole.’ Photo: Kino Lorber How to rate “Beanpole,” a new Russian drama, with English subtitles, directed by the prodigiously gifted Kantemir Balagov? In ...

Barry Keoghan (“Saltburn”) and Riley Keough (“Mad Max: Fury Road”) are in talks to star in “Butterfly Jam,” the first English-language feature from Kantemir Balagov, the Russian director behind the ...