ar 1.jpg — Andrei Rublev (1966)

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko**
**Rated: R**
**Run Time: 3h 25m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, Thematic Coherence, Acting**
**Weakness: Length Maybe?**

Andrei Rublev (1966)

April 13, 2020

The life of the great Icon Writer, Andrei Rublev, is the backdrop for this exploration of Russia, its people, history, faith, atrocities, and glory, as only a true seeker of enlightenment can.

s+1.jpg — **The Sacrifice (1986)**

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall**
**Rated: PG**
**Run Time: 2h 29m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Understated Tone, Long Takes, Thematic Integrity, Cinematography**
**Weakness: Maybe Pacing**

The Sacrifice (1986)

March 31, 2020

When WWIII threatens to annihilate his family and who knows how much of the rest of humanity, a retired aesthetics journalist and lecturer contemplates what he may be able to do to avoid cataclysm.

m 1.jpg — The Mirror (1975)

**Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev**
**Rated: G**
**Run Time: 1h 47m**
**TMM Score: 5 Stars**
**Strengths: Cinematography, High Concept, Lyrical Quality**
**Weakness: Confusing**

The Mirror (1975)

March 19, 2020

An aging poet remembers his life and the events which shaped Russia during it.

Nostalgia (1983)

March 13, 2020

A Russian writer, doing research in Italy, suffers an extreme bout of homesickness for Russia.

Solaris (1972)

October 2, 2019

Dr. Kelvin is sent to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris to discover why everyone on board went insane.

stalker 5.jpg — Stalker (1979)

**Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky**
**Starring: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn**
**Rated: NR**
**Running Time: 2h 42m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Acting, Directorial Vision**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing if you don't have an patience**

Stalker (1979)

September 5, 2018

The Zone. Dangerous. Alien. Restricted. So why would a Writer and Professor follow a guide called a Stalker to take them into the heart of the Zone? The Room found at the Zone’s center grants ones deepest desires.

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