1928: The House on Trubnaya (Boris Barnet) Greg Dolgopolov December 2017 100 Years of Soviet Cinema Boris Barnet’s Dom na Trubnoi, Mezhrabpom-Rus (The House on Trubnaya, 1928) is a masterpiece of Soviet silent cinema. It is a delightful comedy of manners that satirises contemporary life in Moscow during the h...
1927: The Girl with the Hatbox (Boris Barnet) Shari Kizirian December 2017 100 Years of Soviet Cinema The first solo effort by Boris Barnet, Devushka s korobkoy (The Girl with the Hatbox) opened during a pinnacle year for silent cinema. Called “annus mirabilis” by Kevin Brownlow (1), 1927 saw the premieres of M...
Alyonka Bilge Ebiri September 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film The gentle piano strains playing over the helicopter shots that open Boris Barnet’s Alyonka (1961) immediately establish its unique mood of intimate lyricism and epic grandeur. As Barnet’s camera glides over wh...
The House on Trubnaya Greg Dolgopolov September 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film Boris Barnet’s Dom na Trubnoi, Mezhrabpom-Rus (The House on Trubnaya, 1928) is a masterpiece of Soviet silent cinema. It is a delightful comedy of manners that satirises contemporary life in Moscow during the h...
The Girl with the Hatbox Shari Kizirian August 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film The first solo effort by Boris Barnet, Devushka s korobkoy (The Girl with the Hatbox) opened during a pinnacle year for silent cinema. Called “annus mirabilis” by Kevin Brownlow (1), 1927 saw the premieres of M...
