NPR's Scott Simon speaks with filmmaker Nastasya Popov, whose debut feature film is called "Idiotka." ...

Women’s History Month gets off to great start this year with a wide variety of plays, concerts and musicals starring women.

From the first taste of the preshow environment for “Mother Russia” — a flood of red lights, sparkly tinsel garlands and blasting Russian electropop — it’s clear that Lauren Yee is up to her tricks ...

Sci-fi cinema has changed greatly throughout the decades, and one can track its evolution from classics like Metropolis to ...

Bill Gates this week admitted to having two affairs with Russian women while married to Melinda French Gates and apologized to staff at his charity for his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein — while maintai ...

Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa will be the Special Guest at the 57th edition of documentary film festival Visions du Réel.

A conversation with Professor Hubertus Jahn on the intellectual consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Interviewers: ...

Lauren Yee’s boisterous play “Mother Russia,” about the origins of the contemporary oligarchy, has its roots in her San ...

The story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov has captivated people for more than 100 years. The daughter of ...

Coming off a 2024 world premiere in Seattle, Lauren Yee's new comedy skewers both capitalists and communists with equal zeal.

A painterly animated film revives the memory of French Olympic hero Alfred Nakache, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz.

A strong cast stars in Lauren Yee’s new play, part of a cycle of works about the collisions between 20th-century communism, capitalism and pop culture.