Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
(2004) [MA]

Two bands of vampires, one good and one evil, battle to keep the peace in Moscow in this polished thriller from Russia. In the 14th century, two warring bands of vampires, the Warriors of Light and the Warriors of Darkness, declare a truce under which each side will form a law enforcement team to...  More

Ivan The Terrible: Part 1 (New digital restoration) (2 disc set)
(1944) [PG]

Sergei Eisenstein's operatic saga of the 16th-century Russian hero Czar Ivan IV is given a charismatic performance by Nikolai Cherkasov and a brilliant score by Sergei Prokofiev. Part One deals with Czar Ivan's beginnings as the ruler of Russia, Ivan's coronation, and his marriage to Anastasia...  More

Ivan's Childhood
(1974) [M]

The first full-length feature film by the great Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. Ivan's Childhood caused a popular sensation in cinema world. The film was highly praised by the great 20th-century French writer Jean-Paul Sartre. It got various comments from prominent international cultural...  More

Come and See (Idi i smotri)
(1985) [M]

Elem Klimov's stunning COME AND SEE is a relentlessly brutal condemnation of war hidden in the guise of a surrealistic coming-of-age nightmare. A physically and emotionally draining viewing experience, the film follows Florya (played brilliantly by Alexei Kravchenko), a 12-year-old boy living in...  More

Dnevnoy dozor (Day Watch)
(2006) [MA]

Featuring the cinematic vision of cutting edge director/writer, Timur Bekmambetov, Day Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor) is the second instalment of a trilogy based on the best-selling sci-fi novels of Sergei Lukyanenko entitled Night Watch, Day Watch and Dusk Watch. A dazzling mix of state-of-the-art visual...  More

The Italian
(2005) [M]

Vanya is a 6 year old orphan living in a rundown orphanage in a remote Russian village. For Vanya and the other children, life is without hope, unless, of course, they are adopted by wealthy foreigners. For Vanya, hope comes in the form of an Italian couple. But while arrangements are being made...  More

Mongol
(2007) [MA]

Award-winning filmmaker Sergei Bodrov illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning epic, Mongol.

Based on leading historical accounts and a nominee for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2008 Academy Awards, Mongol delves into the dramatic and harrowing early...  More

Elena
(2011) [M]

Winner of the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at Cannes 2011, the new film from Russian maestro Andrey Zvyagintsev (THE RETURN) is a taut & engrossing noir thriller of loyalties, familial ties, and a coveted inheritance, fuelled by class warfare in Putin?s new Russia. Middle-aged couple...  More

How I Ended This Summer
(2010) [M]

Set against the spectacular, otherworldly landscape of the windswept Arctic Circle, writer/director Alexei Popogrebsky's multi-award winning psychological drama HOW I ENDED THIS SUMMER is an immersive and compelling morality tale of isolation and survival against the elements. Russian heartthrob...  More