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Office Romance (Russian: , romanized: Sluzhebnyj roman) is a Soviet comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. It was filmed at Mosfilm and released in 1977. The film’s plot is based on the stageplay “Co-workers” (Russian: , romanized: Sosluzhivtsy) written by Eldar Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky, and tells the story of Ludmila Kalugina, ... more >
A- Reviews / C+ Reviews1910s / actors / f/f romance / fairy tale retelling / France / friendship / joint review / LGBTQ / Russia / Russian Revolution / silent cinema / theater / witch / wolf12 Comments
I was impressed by Briarley, Aster Glenn Gray’s debut retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and when I saw that Gray had a new, 120-page f/f retelling of Little Red Riding Hood just out, and that it was set in pre-revolutionary Russia, I thought Sirius, a lover of LGBT romances ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsFantasy / Magic / magic users / Russia / YA7 Comments
This hot debut is the first book in an epic new series about a princess hiding a dark secret and the con man she must trust to clear her name for her father’s murder. In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. Their varied gifts to control the world around them ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsFairy-Tales / France / Germany / Japan / POC / Russia / Siberia / Sweden / Ukraine / VietnamNo Comments
: International bestselling children’s author Cornelia Funke has long been inspired and fascinated by fairy tales. This wonderful anthology is Funke’s personal selection of fairy tales from all around the world – not just from her native Germany but from Russia, Japan and the Native American tradition. It’s the perfect ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsespionage / non-fiction / Russia4 Comments
The celebrated author of A Spy Among Friends and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Cold War-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsballet / children's literature / Fantasy / Historical / illustrations / Russia1 Comments
A young mouse must save her production of The Nutcracker in a charming holiday tale from author of The Gingerbread Pirates and the illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Hidden in Saint Petersburg’s famed Mariinsky Theater are the world’s tiniest ballet fans: the Mariinsky mice, including Esmeralda, a rising ... more >
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