State Funerals in USSR and Soviet Belarus

A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance. State funerals usually include much pomp and ceremony as well as religious overtones and distinctive elements of military tradition. (Wikipedia)

Lenin's Funeral (1924)

Dzerzhinsky's Funeral (1926)

Kirov's Funeral (1934)

Kupala's Funeral (1942)

The Decade in Moving Images

This is mostly meant for personal use as a reminder of what I've seen and what I still value. Don't be alarmed if it doesn't seem to make sense as a whole. If you feel this way, you're probably right as this inventory hasn't been edited to highlight any filmmaking trends whatsoever.

2019

Films

Heimat Is a Space in Time / Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit (Thomas Heise)
Jallikattu (Lijo Jose Pellissery)

Martin Eden (Pietro Marcello)

Pure Art / Чыстае мастацтва (Maksim Shved)

The Cordillera of Dreams / La cordillere des songes (Patricio Guzmán)

The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg)

The Traitor / Il traditore (Marco Bellocchio)

Vitalina Varela (Pedro Costa)

TV shows

Atlanta (2nd season, Donald Glover, Hiro Murai, 2016-)

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, 2015-2019)

The Show About the Show (Caveh Zahedi, 2015-)

Archives

Ears. Eyes. Throats. Restored Classic and Lost Punk Films (1976-1981))

Best Film Criticism in 2019

Just like last year, I'm reminding you that some of the best film criticism you can find is at Cineticle (alas, in Russian only) but since I'm on the editing team there it's not going to be represented in this collection (well, almost). The list is extremely partial, incomplete and may be expanded later on. Also, the pieces here are mentioned for various reasons: some may be excellent criticism, others might offer illuminating research, or present a summary that I found useful for one reason or another.

Best Film Criticism in 2018

I have to say that some of the best film criticism you can find is at Cineticle (alas, in Russian only) but since I'm on the editing team there it's not going to be represented in this review. The list is extremely partial, incomplete and may be expanded later on. Also, the pieces here are mentioned for various reasons: some may be excellent criticism, others might offer illuminating research, or present a summary that I found useful for one reason or another. Some of the good stuff I've also translated into Russian, it's not included here as these texts are partly my work now, too.

FIPRESCI Jury Statement at the 25th “Listapad” Film Festival

The FIPRESCI jury at the 25th edition of the Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” regret to have learned that independent critics and industry representatives from Belarus are no longer actively part of the national competition’s selection committee at “Listapad”. In the long term, Belorussian cinema will only be fully represented at the event if its diversity is matched by the diversity of the bodies judging it. We thus hope the Ministry of Culture will consider opening up the national competition’s selection committee to help ensure that “Listapad” upholds its unique and international prestige as an event that celebrates the diverse cinemas of both the world, and Belarus. 

Lucy Virgen, György Kárpáti, Viera Langerová, Konstanty Kuzma, Maksim Karpitski 

The 30 greatest + 15 most musical movies of the '60s

Небяспека нацыянальнай «сутнасці»

Наступныя радкі – пераклад уступных абзацаў артыкула «Англійскасць англійскай паэзіі» (Denis Donoghue у выданні The Sheila Carmel lectures, 1994-2004). Яны прысвечаныя небяспецы эсэнцыялізму і не раз узгадваліся мне ў шматлікіх і як правіла марных спробах вызначыць, што ж такое нацыянальнае беларускае кіно, і яшчэ часцей – калі нехта ўдае, нібы знайшоў адказ і вучыць сваёй мудрасці ўсіх іншых. Сціпласць ірландскага літаратурнага крытыка здаецца мне вельмі карыснай і дарэчнай. 

Няўлоўнасць нацыянальнага на фота Андрэя Лянкевіча