A History of Oscar and Russian Films The first Russian movie to win an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film was the documentary Rout of the German Troops near Moscow (1942). Since then, five Russian films have won this honor.
January 01, 1999 East Meets West on the Silver Screen A fascinating exploration of the links between Hollywood and the Russian film industry.
November 01, 2008 Imagining the Enemy Where we consider how Russians have been portrayed in American film over the past century – from Marlene Dietrich to Sean Connery. It turns out this may tell us more about America than about Russia.
January 01, 2007 Wartime Films and Wartime Spies A review of Michael Occleshaw's "Dances in Deep Shadows" and Denise Youngblood's "Russian War Films."