Frame from the film "Argo" Alexander Genis: In the last weeks before the Oscar, the battle for the main award is unfolding in the media space and in every office, in every living room and every cuisine of America, and the rest of the world, accustomed to counting the Oscar's competition not only in intra-American affairs. Today we will include this gambling game. The director Andrei Zagdansky, the host of our “Films”, tells about who will win - or should win, the host of our “Films” tells.

Georgian wines and mineral waters in Russia are one of those opening a week. A couple of days ago, I watched the “Love with an accent” shot in Tbilisi (quite meaningless) with Moscow actors such as daughters N. Mikhalkov, from which it is clear that Georgians are now remarkable and devilish times of films like “Olympus Inferno” remained in the past. Let's talk about how wine and cultural fashion follow the political.

Yuri Shevchuk Shevchuk in America Alexander Genis: The American tour of Yuri Shevchuk recently ended. Solomon Volkov: And his group "DDT". Alexander Genis: Solomon, you represented Shevchuk America, so you have cards in your hands. Solomon Volkov: I did not represent him to America. Of course, it is not necessary to represent his America and, in particular, Russian America. Organized these tour - and brilliantly!

Today, in the framework of the criminal case of embezzlement of funds of the ATP, the president of the all -Russian public movement “Union of Right Forces” Leonid Gozman was questioned as a witness. Earlier, in the framework of this criminal case, the governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh was questioned as a witness.

In secular publications in such cases, pronouns are still written with a small letter, however, God, the Virgin and a number of other words are already with great. Once, in the presence of a priest, I inadvertently used the expression “biblical mythology”. A man whom everyone is accustomed to see in a beautiful mood, raised his eyebrows and darkened his face. He was so outraged that at first he was able to utter only the woeful “ah!”. I did not want to explain myself. But I had to.

Benjamin Dizraeli, British Prime Minister Today's Europe is a product of the XIX century. It was then that almost everything that exists now has acquired the prevailing form: urban planning, transport, museums, political democratic structure In general, it seems to me that some justice in relation to this period of European history should be restored, because by the 40–70s of the century the century before last, Europe has partly adopted a modern look.

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Thomas Mann, 1975 (Photo: Karl Vekten) Alexander Genis: Recently, a New York Times, a prostrate essay-deck from Lyubek, where a grand reconstruction and renewal of the Memorial Museum of the two brothers-Henry and Thomas Mann takes place. The life and work of these writers so closely intertwined with America that the manne became an integral part and its cultural heritage. We are talking about this with Boris Paramonov.

Two years ago, a new edition of the “Adventures of Hechelberry Finn” was published in the States, in which the word Nikger was replaced by the word SLAVE (slave) Language cleaning is always associated with public changes. In Russia, where after the 1917 revolution, the new language was created much faster than the new social reality, they are treated without proper reverence for official changes. As the police do not call, there is still no sense from it.

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What are the goals of interrogations of former leaders of the ATP? We talk about this with the activist of the democratic opposition Mark Feigin.

04 February 2013 Fresh from above 22:16 4.2.2013 Today I say goodbye to all readers and visitors to the Radio Liberty! A pleasant stay of the evening, and until tomorrow! Ah, yes! Of course, traditional music. February 4, 65 years old is the great Alice Cooper !!! Hooray! 22:12 4.2.2013 At the end of the day - a great continuation of the topic "Primates of the Iranian Space Program" , begun by colleague Irina Lagunina.