“The Needle: Viktor Tsoi is one of the coolest humans to be captured on celluloid. This film is a major staple of the perestroika era, marking the beginning of the end of the USSR’s cultural stiff upper lip, making way for self awareness and mockery of the system.
Leah Collins, UK
“I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians: The entrenchment of Nazism in Europe is highly under-reported. From its opening sequence, admitting the film itself is a construction, to its final, chilling climax, with the audience’s acceptance of their horrific history, this is the best film on the topic.
Johnnie Lieske, USA
“House on the Volcano: a silent film from the 1920s where the performances are naturalistic in a way that feels completely modern. Combined with pin-sharp restored footage, location filming, and a modern score with an understated ominousness... plus, the additional interest of its bizarrely science-fictional oilfield locations (like something from Blade Runner).”
Neil Clarke, UK
“Song of the Cornfields is a proto-Hitchcockian melodrama set among the wheat plains and linden trees of the Hungarian steppe… With astonishing photography and a wonderful score, this is a film about the limits of what the human mind can comprehend. A miraculous film, it holds at its heart a sense of the mystery of life. ”
Justine Waddell, UK
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Mark Cousins
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@wendyide
Once again Klassiki is doing amazing work discovering and sharing movie gems from Eastern Europe.
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Woke up a richer person today after watching Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Elena on @Klassiki_Online yesterday. What a deep, deep, beautiful and painful film.
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Atom Egoyan
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Really interesting curation over at Klassiki right now.
Ben Rivers
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The Quay Brothers
We have discovered again and again on Klassiki an array of truly remarkable and hidden masterpieces.