Browsing: Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy

The seaweed is certainly not always greener in this particular lake… THE MERMAID: LAKE OF THE DEAD begins with a mermaid falling in love with a human, but that’s where the similarities with Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale end, instead taking a terrifying twist as she instead aims to keep him…

QUEEN OF SPADES: THE DARK RITE ** Russia 2015 Dir: Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy 92 mins Set against an evocative backdrop of wintry landscapes and imposing tower blocks, this Russian chiller is well acted and refreshingly focuses on a flawed adult male hero rather than the usual interchangeable Gap model teenagers. Its…