http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow RT : Courage and Affection in Moscow en RT /About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-11-17.html http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-11-17.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:34:00 +0300 For years we have heard game publishers lamenting about Russian sales lagging behind the rest of the world.Indeed Russia’s meager $200 million is a mere drop in the $50-billion ocean of gross videogame revenues worldwide.Read moreIn the US alone 2008 videogame sales hit $22 billion. And the only figure in this industry that might be reduced by the crisis is annual growth, though even that probably won’t happen as people look for cheaper entertainment.However, if you are looking for this cheaper entertainment in Russia, you are bound to face certain troubles. /About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-7-12.html http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-7-12.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:23:00 +0300 As far as the themes for fiction movies go, reflections on the historical past and its key figures remained an ever-popular (and award-bringing) plot in this years’ festival (festival-opening “The Tsar” and triumphant “Pete on the Way to Heaven” being two good examples).Still, many filmmakers chose to stay current and made some important statements on relationships and family values. The story starts in a typical thriller-like setting The always relevant topic was assessed from different angles, but one of the most refreshing (while still sympathetic to old-school family values) was “The Circumstances” by Pavel Ruminov. /About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-7-5.html http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-7-5.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:16:00 +0300 I always think ‘idiots’ when I hear of people who take their vacations and leave Moscow in summer. The summer of Russia’s capital – ludicrously short as it is – stands as the only time of the year when living in Moscow is not just tolerable, but even fun.Of course, one of the massive attractions of Moscow’s summer is the Film Festival, which, apart from hundreds of film screenings, includes a dozen ‘parties of a lifetime’ and numerous related events. /About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-6-29.html http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-6-29.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:38:00 +0300 The Moscow Film Festival came to an end on Sunday, having its official awards assigned.Being someone who spent a whole ten days in the cinema – thankfully Moscow’s weather was not sunny at all, so I didn’t waste much from our scanty summer – I still managed to watch not more than 10% of the festival.Overall the MIFF featured little less than 400 works. Many of those films – for better or worse – don’t deserve to go unnoticed.I will dwell upon the details and the trends of the festival in my future posts, now some alternative awarding is in order:Voltaire’s award for the most sarcastic movie language (Russia is the country of Eisenstein so we use expressions like “movie language” a lot, sorry) – $9. /About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-2-22.html http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-2-22.html Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300 Four years ago, on February 20, 2005, Hunter Stockton Thompson passed away from a self-inflicted gunshot, just like he promised many a time during the course of his celebrated 47-year-long career.Most people will probably remember him as the author of Fear and Loathing in Las-Vegas, which is of course a typical case of masses grasping the simplest and the hottest – in a tabloid sense – part of any culture, but Thompson was so much more.This blog is titled Courage and Affection in Moscow for a reason, and this date is very special for me personally, as it indeed should be for anyone, who at a certain moment in time might be called a journalist. /About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-2-17.html http://www.russiatoday.com/About_Us/Blogs/Courage_and_Affection_in_Moscow/2009-2-17.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0300 Now that Arsenal have finally acquired the inconsistent genius that is Russia’s Andrey Arshavin, there is some advice due to the Gunners’ manager: be careful, Arsène, be very careful.Real faces unveiledMid-season buys reveal the real face of a club. It’s a time when things like prestige, development strategy or perspective are put aside in favour of the club’s short-term future. When merry tales of flying to Mars for investors are abandoned and the club clings to one- goal victories seen as indispensable, both its real intentions and capabilities can be seen.