Cultural Guide

Like Monocle, the Cultural Guide is published on Tuesdays and consists of several sections: the first contains various reader surveys and their discussion, the second contains announcements of cultural events of the coming week, and the third contains reviews of the events of the past week. I hope that every reader will find something to their liking. Feedback, additions and letters are, as always, welcome.

"Cultural Guide" is a project of the Russian Journal, which arose on the site of "Monocle" and "Pegasus Light", which closed due to internal exhaustion (see details here and here). In "KG" I would like to achieve greater information richness than was possible in previous projects, while maintaining, if possible, the advantages that they had - primarily interactivity.

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 78
Final . Rate Sergei Kuznetsov's Internet projects. Farewell Interactive. Starting next Tuesday, watch Sergei Kuznetsov’s new project in the “Net-culture” section. /3.05/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 77
What's your favorite holiday? Instead of another sequel, we were given the 3rd part of the film "Scream". Slua Si and Tinatal at the "Svalka" club. Presentation of the website "Madagascar Project". Results of the past interactive. Responses to the call to “write about something other than cinema.” /25.04/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 76
Which of the actors in the film Cape and Sword do you prefer? The movie "Magnolia" seems like a masterpiece (in places). Evening of the poet N. Zvyagintsev. "The Bridge of Time, or a City Dweller in Search of Elusive Harmony." April Fool's Day turned into a complete KVN. /18.04/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 75
European Film Week; M. Gasparov - “Records and extracts”; exhibition of Viktor Pivovarov and Pavel Pepperstein; "Kurekhin Festival". Readers' opinions about Zemfira and "American Beauty" . /11.04/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 74
Did you celebrate April Fool's Day this year? Why is "The Beach" a bad film? Festival of Dmitry Aleksandrovich Prigov. The main musical event: The Tiger Lillies tour. Two reviews of "American Beauty": the difference between Russia and America is small. /4.04/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 73
How do you feel about Zemfira? "American Beauty": 5 Oscars out of 8. B. Akunin - like Marinina, only better ("Pelagia and the White Bulldog" is the first novel in the women's series). Central House of Artists: A.F. Sklyar and I. Bogushevskaya honor A. Vertinsky. Among the killers, Leon won - keep up the good work! /28.03/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 72
Sleepy Hollow is not a film about Good and Evil, but about Mind and Magic. The presentation of the almanac "Personal Matter-2" is more fun than the almanac itself. Painting and graphics by Stanislav Govorukhin. Results of voting on the attitude towards the special services. Discussions about the “ordinary viewer”. /22.03/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 71
Who is your favorite killer? Jarmusch made a "mainstream" film. Still, sometimes Kuritsyn writes very well. Lenya Fedorov in O.G.I., "Leningrad" in "Bunker" and "Crematorium" in "Manhattan Express". /14.03/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 70.
How do you feel about domestic intelligence services? "Mifune" was not a masterpiece: there was no need to feel sorry for the viewer. The first real museum of Contemporary Art opened at the Russian State University for the Humanities. "Crimean Club" continues the series of evenings "Litterateurs to People". Why will we never have good articles about money? /10.03/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 69.
Today's survey has nothing to do with the topics of the issue. It just got interesting. The main drawback of the film "The Sixth Sense". "Agatha Christie" complains that music radio does not take their songs into its rotation. At the Gelman Gallery, Olga and Alexander Florensky are showing a two-part exhibition. Results of a survey about psychoanalysts. /29.02/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 68.
What changes of the nineties were most significant for you? Plunkett and McLain were not exactly like Kukuts and Mukuts, not like Bonnie and Clyde. Landfill as a universal symbol of the twentieth century. Maxim Sokolov made a hole into which numerous Sasha Blo rushed. Sex dominates the lives of our readers. /22.02/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 67.
Do you go to a psychoanalyst? Everyone watches "Joan of Arc" and "Dogma", and we - "Analyze this!" Is Gandlevsky Brodsky today? They don’t drink vodka, but spread it on bread. An attempt at artistic analysis of Ter-Oganyan's action. "AuktYon" and "Crematorium" in one bottle. Inhuman music on Russian trains. /15.02/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural guide. Issue 66
What place does sex occupy in your life? "American Pie", whose characters evoke only compassion. Exhibition "Chikatilo's Diary" in Regina. Oleg Anofriev sings "The Bremen Town Musicians". Readers of the Guide don't fight at all. About a number of inaccuracies in the Afisha magazine. /8.02/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 65
Your favorite Moscow cinema. "Khrustalev, car!" - a real movie, when it seems like nothing is happening, but you can’t take your eyes off. The album "Mumiy Troll" consists of three compositions of 15 minutes each. Performers are "Vykhod", L. Fedorov, Rada and "Ternovnik". Exhibition by Dana Wise "Untitled". Readers prefer hardcore porn. /1.02/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 64
Voting about fighting and pugnacity. How Kuznetsov beat/did not beat a man in the subway. Ichthyological symbolism and the image of Fish in literature. Why is the song “They Killed a Negro” considered racist? Film of the Year: "Black Cat, White Cat" Do you want to buy yourself a bomb shelter for two/three? /25.01/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 63
Melodrama, romantic comedy, soft erotica or hardcore porn? "Faces of Love": "Roll of Thunder!" - a mixture of hardcore porn, horror film and Hollywood parody. Glazunov is the only Russian artist who managed to become the people's Andy Warhol. Evening of the poet Evgeniy Bunimovich. "Va-Bank" to the words of Pelevin "Lower Tundra". /18.01/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 62
Foreign films of 1999 - voting. "Blast from the Past" and "Erotic Stories" in cinemas. Exhibition "Mexican Mysteries and Russian Joys". Evening of the poet Vladimir Strochkov. Let's help Yuli Kim! - charity concert at the Polytechnic University. Best perestroika film (voting results). /11.01/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 61
Roman Polyanski is itching (“The Ninth Gate”). Revival of the O.G.I. club. "Nativity scene" in the Gelman Gallery. "Without a Face" is a ray of light in the dark kingdom of New Year's TV. When will the twentieth century end (survey results)? /28.12/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 60
The most memorable film from the times of perestroika. "Black Cat, White Cat" by Kusturica is pure comedy from a real punk. Concerts: "Hummingbird", "Leningrad" and "Aquarium". Exhibition "Russian Field" by Lavrenty Bruni. Presentation of "Russian structuralist fairy tales". The sexiest Soviet actress - survey results. /21.12/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 59
When will the twentieth century end? Scorsese's Raising the Dead is a very high-quality movie. "Orgy of Humanism" Tsekalo. Concerts of Leonid Fedorov. "Hate" & "The Fifth Seal" on cable. The end of the world is a colorful show / has always been / has already come / no one will notice / some kind of bullshit. /14.12/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 58
The sexiest Soviet actress. "Cool Guy" is an American comedy not about a mouse out of an ass. "Leon: Complete Director's Cut." They say that women like Mikhalkov. Ilya Lagutenko with the rap group "Fact". Allegedly literary heroes of the 21st century. Yankovsky overtook Boyarsky! /7.12/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 57
How do you see the end of the world? "The End of the World" is a pretty bad movie. Satan came into the world, and Schwarzenegger killed him. "Arrow" is "Idiots". “Mythogenic love of castes” - there are so many meanings that there are none. The most disgusting character in Moscow art - vote! The meaning of life is when there is a Revolution and a lot of Bapps. /30.11/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 56
The sexiest Soviet actor. Fresh Hollywood stuff - "The Diamond Policeman" - a kind of "Brother" in reverse. How to translate the word "pi*dets" into English? Presentation of Ergali Gera's book "Tales by Telephone". “Who Will Go to Truskavets” is a real cult movie. Berezovsky reads to us 9 times a week. /23.11/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 55
Interactive from Ivan Paravozov: what is the meaning of life? Disappointment from the movie "Austin Powers 2". Presentation of Vitukhnovskaya's new website. "Mourning" by Paul Schrader - a film about a father and son; about the baton of violence that men pass on from generation to generation. The first "Austin Powers" on TV. Don't write about The Matrix anymore. /16.11/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 54
What is your monthly salary? "8 1/2 dollars" from Grisha of Constantinople. The Pushkin club has finally started working. Oriental festival "On the Carpet". Anniversary of the Cultural Guide. Readers about the film "The Matrix". /9.11/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 53
Who do you prefer, Polina Dashkova or Daniil Koretsky? The Matrix is ​​a mix of cyberpunk, kung fu film, Hong Kong action movie and university library. B. Akunin is G. Chkhartishvili. Concert of the group "Nazareth" and "Cyberpunk Revolution-3". A foreigner in Moscow must be taken to the Vvedenskoye Cemetery. /2.11/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 52
We are one year old. Violence, drugs, psychoanalysis, The Blair Witch Project, Triumph and The Idiots are trying to achieve the same thing - the truth about oneself. Pelevin squandered Playboy money, and Tuchkov is surprisingly out of date. "Persian Carpets" and "Feather Buyers" on TV. What are readers afraid of? /26.10/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 51
Where should you take a foreigner in Moscow? "A Moment of Innocence" and "Gabbeh" at the 35mm cinema. Opening of the Constructivist Club at the Dom Center. Concerts of the group "Leningrad" and Boris Moiseev. MOMA in Moscow. “The Last Inch” on TV is a complete set of details that formed the sixties myth. Schwarzenegger, rear view. /13.10/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 50
Checking passports and enlightening the local police officer. What are you most afraid of? German Film Day in the film "Artistic" (including "Run, Lola, Run" and scenes of unorthodox sex). Evenings of Prigov and Sapgir. Exhibitions and TV. Official "Unofficial Moscow". /28.09/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 49
All films of the Danish "Dogma" on the screens of Moscow. Concerts of Zemfira, "AukYon" and "Forbidden Dolbers". Exhibition by S. Shutov, a participant in the filming of the cult "ASSA". "Khrustalev, car!" made it to Russia? Yevtushenko and Voznesensky don’t roll. Which of the heroes of the 90s are the remaining sixties people ready to listen to/read? /16.09/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Special Issue 48
“Unofficial Moscow” pushes other events of the week into the background. Kiriyenko and Gelman are ready to replace Luzhkov and Tsereteli. It would be better if “NM” positioned itself as a holiday for the elite. Three film programs, one better than the other. Festival "Push Push King 2". Two gatherings of literature lovers and much more. /31.08/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 47
Are you satisfied with Vysotsky, Okudzhava, Aksenov, Gladilin, Yevtushenko? Happiness is a very American film about sex. "Garage" is our version of "Happiness". The jack-in-the-box - Evgeny Yevtushenko. Presentation of the book "100 Magnetic Albums of Soviet Rock". Darth Vader writes to us! /24.08/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 46
Do you want to become the hero of an eternal TV show? TV Ed is better than The Truman Show. Concerts in memory of Tsoi and the Nishtyak Cooperative. Only a callous person would not appreciate a pen combined with a flashlight or an ax made from a hammer. Old dark Soviet cinema. /17.08/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 45
My telephone exchange is being repaired. If you multiply Woody Allen by John Waters, you get Todd Solontz. Exhibition "The Fifth Power: From the Life of Money" by Igor Petrov. Physicist and chemist Goethe in the Darwin Museum. The main collagist and quoter of modern literature bears the surname Echo. /11.08/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 44.
Which non-humanoid Star Wars characters are your favorite? The last concert of Psoy Korolenko. Sleeve insignia for non-Muscovites. “And they killed him,” said a famous character actor from the screen. Jackie Chan's victory was not in doubt. /3.08/

Sergey Kuznetsov . Cultural Guide. Issue 43.
Let's sum up the results of the festival. The very best: “Captives”, “The Phantom of the Opera”, “Star Wars”, “Yuha”, “Friends of Yana”, “Toto Who Lived Twice”, “The Emperor and the Assassin”, “Humanity”, “After Death” " and "Happiness" - A film for which it was not possible to come up with a category. /30.07/