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Dec 20, 2015 · The film, directed by Nick Read, is full of sumptuous images — it’s more attractive than illuminating — yet despite the tabloid-bait subject matter provided by recent scandals, it’s surprisingly...
Jan 8, 2016 · You can't help but marvel at the access that the British film-makers behind Bolshoi Babylon were able to gain to such a sacred Russian institution as the Bolshoi.
- Geoffrey Macnab
Nov 27, 2015 · British director Nick Read was in Moscow working on a documentary film about a notorious Russian prison in January 2013 when a story broke: The artistic leader of the Bolshoi Ballet was ambushed...
Jan 7, 2016 · In Bolshoi Babylon, we don’t really learn any more than that. It appears that becoming involved in the ballet at this level requires political discretion that some find uncomfortable. We meet dancers thrilled to endure intense physical and psychological pain to realise their childhood dreams.
Sep 24, 2015 · For all its promise of gossipy revelations (duly accompanied by some rather cheesy tabloid-TV-style underscoring), “Babylon” actually provides little more than a lot of vague insinuations.
Sep 17, 2017 · SYNOPSIS: A behind-the-scenes look at Moscow’s prestigious Bolshoi Theatre as it’s rocked by an acid-attack scandal in 2013. A preview screening of Bolshoi Babylon was kindly provided by Altitude Films and We Are Colony.
Jan 8, 2016 · Nick Read and Mark Franchetti’s peek into Moscow’s Bolshoi ballet company starts with higher drama than Black Swan. In 2013, the Bolshoi’s artistic director, Sergei Filin, was attacked with...
