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A year after the release of The Master and Margarita, director Mikhail Lokshin continues his journey — defending the film from censorship, promoting it in Europe, and reflecting on power, art, and freedom. In an exclusive interview, Lokshin discusses the curse of Bulgakov’s adaptations, his anti-war stance, and the future of cinema

A year after the release of The Master and Margarita, director Mikhail Lokshin continues his journey — defending the film from censorship, promoting it in Europe, and reflecting on power, art, and freedom. In an exclusive interview, Lokshin discusses the curse of Bulgakov’s adaptations, his anti-war stance, and the future of cinema

This story has been told in countless ways. It has served as inspiration for great novelists and playwrights, painters, and filmmakers. Behind the scenes, the bandura played, and part-singing resonated, while on the main stage, a passionate yet fleeting love unfolded. Impossible by its very nature, making it all the more intense and intoxicating

Human development throughout life can be imagined as a gradual sequence of changes — from an egg cell to the grave. It seems logical to assume that the entire organism matures and develops simultaneously and that aging occurs smoothly. However, as scientists have discovered, these processes follow a different, less obvious logic

Elizabeth I went down in history as an outstanding monarch whose 44-year reign marked an era of prosperity for England. She was known as the «Virgin Queen» and skillfully upheld this image, engaging in years of marriage negotiations that always ended in nothing. But did she truly renounce not only marriage but also male attention?

Teaching us through his films to dive headfirst into the beyond, into our subconscious, where dreams are indistinguishable from reality, and there is no way out alive, David Lynch himself has now taken a step straight into eternity. He departed, leaving behind a legacy of great films and sacred knowledge for us al

An exciting journey to Nemyriv — a town that preserves the spirit of past centuries. It was home to remarkable figures such as the writer Marko Vovchok, artist Ivan Soshenko, and writer Mykola Trublaini. The brilliant surgeon Mykola Pyrohov was a frequent guest at the local gymnasium. However, Nemyriv is best known for the magnificent palace of Princess Maria Shcherbatova
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At the end of 1968, Alain Delon became embroiled in a grim criminal case involving the mysterious murder of his Serbian bodyguard, who allegedly blamed the actor in a farewell letter, claiming Delon had ordered the hit. General Charles de Gaulle himself appeared at the trial. The judge could not ignore this and gave the President of France the floor. De Gaulle stood up and said: «I have nothing to say except one thing — France has only one Alain Delo». Judging by the way the press responded to the death of the great actor, one might conclude that the general was slightly mistaken: there is only one Alain Delon, not just for France, but for the entire world. He is a whole world

In 1892, the German physician Max von Pettenkofer convinced that cholera was caused by miasmas emitted by filth and household waste rather than microbes, decided to prove his point radically — he drank a culture of cholera vibrio in front of his colleagues, fully confident that he would not fall ill and thereby disprove Koch’s theory…

«…on his way from Kyiv, he saw scenes of immense human suffering, and a melody was born within him. Valentin wanted to play it. It was pure improvisation; no one expected it. The entire hall anticipated tragic music of sorrow and grief. But Valentin sat at the piano and played a melody of incredible beauty, light, and harmony. It was a complete shock — the contrast of such otherworldly, angelic music with the horrors of war that inspired it. This is Silvestrov — paradoxical genius…»

It was on the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation from the concentration camp. Eva went up to the podium, took a few deep breaths, and spoke to the public: «I forgive Josef Mengele and all the doctors who carried out the horrific experiments on me and my sister Miriam. I forgive them for killing my parents, taking away my family and childhood, and turning my life into hell…»

The Jesuits were well aware of the importance of social elevators. Their education provided a pass to the elite for talented people regardless of social status. Not everyone was an aristocrat. Not everyone professed Catholicism. Still, the contribution of the Jesuits to world culture can hardly be overestimated