ANTON DOLIN: YEAR IN CINEMA

Where: YPSONAS MUNICIPAL THEATRE

When: 04/12/2025

Tickets: From €35

Duration: 120'

Ages: 6+

Language: Russian

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About the event:

The show must go on. Even after the end of the world.

We welcomed 2025 with the vampire Nosferatu — and now we bid it farewell with Dr. Frankenstein and his monster. Christmas brings a new Avatar, while ashes fall from the sky instead of snow.

Is today's cinema a chronicle of everyday disasters — or a recipe for salvation? Fighting the forces of darkness in The Sinners, stopping war in Superman, saving the planet from doom in Fantastic Four, Hollywood embarks on one last battle for the right to separate good from evil.

David Lynch is gone. Who do we turn to now? Jim Jarmusch, Jafar Panahi, Nadav Lapid, Bong Joon-ho, Wes and Paul Thomas Anderson search for a source of light in utter darkness. They have no capes, no tights, no superpowers — only talent, courage, a sense of humor, and the ability to feel others’ pain. That’s what helps them — and us — survive.

Join film critic Anton Dolin for a conversation about the films that defined this troubled season — and share the hope that the coming year will bring solace and a happy ending. Not only on screen, but in real life.

Anton Dolin’s books, including rare editions, will be available for purchase at the event, along with a signing session.

Anton Dolin is one of Russia’s most respected film critics, winner of the Enlightener Prize in 2024, and a member of the Golden Globe Awards jury. Until recently, he was a radio host, film reviewer on Evening Urgant, and editor-in-chief of Iskusstvo Kino magazine.