I have reviewed Alexander Sokurov’s “Faust” for The Moscow News, as promised. For a person who mostly stumbles around groggily in between caffeine sessions, I’ve had a very productive week. Hell, I even saw Putin. Though perhaps the best sight wasn’t Putin: it was journalist and author Anna Arutunyan, being lifted by a huge, factoryContinue reading “Zombies, Goethe, peen. Also, Moscow.”
Monthly Archives: February 2012
I love Alexander Sokurov
For his radicalism. In case you were wondering. Should have a review of “Faust” coming out in the The Moscow News this Friday. Oh man. I am going to town.
An observation through the general haze
Director Anastasia Patlay took this picture of us at a party celebrating ten years since the creation of Moscow’s Teatr.doc (which is a whole separate story, when you think about it – the role that this theater has played in both of our lives is just weird to contemplate. Weird, but awesome as well. It’sContinue reading “An observation through the general haze”
I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent
Despite being broke and living in the jungles of Novogireyevo. Lev and I listen to the Marriage of Figaro on Saturday mornings. At night, I can leave Lev with daddy and go trudging through the snow. The soldiers outside the barracks near the ponds still offer me their cigarettes. Nikolay Khomeriki still tells me allContinue reading “I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent”
The fun, seedy side of Moscow real estate
This is what happens when we have artificially inflated prices + no real regulation of the market. I’m aware of the fact that I’m using the word “fun” rather loosely here.
Natalia A. 