Landscapes of power: Detours looks at Moscow through the eyes of darknet drug deals
Murina is a claustrophobic family drama unraveling among the sunny seascapes of the Adriatic
July Rain is a New Wave-esque Soviet classic about alienation and love | Film of the week
The unknown Parajanov: watch the auteur’s triptych of short films | Film of the week
Two college friends ponder 30-something regret in Krzysztof Zanussi’s The Structure of Crystal | Film of the week
How Marcell Jankovics’ psychedelic animation lights a path for artists in an age of rising authoritarianism
This new book captures the history and reality of the black experience in Russia and Europe
Russian band January Blues on making post-punk’s first Ingush-language record
Prin Lume: the bittersweet electro-pop debut by Romanian singer-songwriter Paulina
Set in sunlit Georgia, Comets is a quiet film about enduring love | Film of the week
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk — ambitious, daring, encyclopaedic
The unlikely story of a pickles ad that became an award-winning film
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania is a groundbreaking diaristic documentary on homecoming | Film of the Week
Aliona van der Horst explores the life and death of poet Boris Ryzhy | Film of the week
Witty and frank: Wislawa Szymborska’s book How to Start Writing (and When to Stop) | Calvert Reads
Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is an Estonian sci-fi mystery set among snowy vistas | Film of the Week
