Image: IndieWire Ben Gazzara died on February 3, 2012 at the age of 81 from pancreatic cancer. IndieWire called Peter Bogdanovich who was Gazzara’s close friend and directed him in several films...
There was the time when elks roamed freely on the Moscow State University grounds. Add 50 years – these days it’s only stray dogs, skiers (in winter), and students and teachers who explore...
R. Burns, A Sonnet upon Sonnets (courtesy of NBC). Today is a wonderful day in my life, all about translations. I have received a permission to publish my translation of a 20th c. poet’s work fr...
I suppose I could recall a week when I visited a few Art events, but I don’t remember a single week when I’d attend three musical events. On Monday I went to the Yauza Theatre, to listen t...
A memorandum of Leonardo da Vinci is no ordinary to-do list: it is a map of mental search and intellectual development that illuminates the nature of genius...
As I began to love myself, I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is authenticity. As I began to love myself I ...
Although better known for his sensuous paintings, François Boucher shows a more serious side of his genius, when tackling religious themes in his paintings. Among several completed canvasses and a few...
Roman Polanski’s Carnage was released in Moscow on December 8, 2011 (one day before my birthday). For those who follow Polanski’s work it is interesting to note a slight shift in his focus...
The sad news about Kodak just shows how easy it is to get swept by “everything going fine” and not to notice that the world has changed and gone in a completely different direction. Anyway...
St. Basil’s Cathedral and Minin and Pozharsky Monument For those hungry for St. Basil’s Cathedral images, here are a few more photos, this time you can see the magnificent 16th c. church o...