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On Yefim Ladyzhensky: Art Critic Barry Schwabsky And Artist Sanya Kantarovsky Discuss The Legacy...
One of the more unusual exhibitions of last year’s art world calendar took place at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City: “Odessa:...
Odessa Tales by Boris Khersonsky
One time, the Odessa intelligentsia dropped her birth certificate out of her muff. I picked it up and opened it. Written on the blank next to “mother”...
Babel’s Extended Ode to Odessa
'Odessa' by Isaac Babel
Translated by Val Vinokur
Photo by Igor Sytnik
Odessa is a nasty town. Everybody knows this. Instead of saying “what’s the difference,” over...
The Odessa Review’s OIFF Diary: Day 5 — Falling, Requiem for Mrs. J, Summer...
Falling
By Ulyana Dovgan
Falling is the debut feature from Ukrainian director Marina Stepanska. The psychological drama is also a strong commentary on the contemporary young generation...
TeatRoK! A New Independent Theater Opens In Odessa November 18
Odessa is getting a new independent theater — TeatRoK! is opening its doors November 18th 2016. This is an ambitious project of infamous Ukrainian...
OIFF Update: “Metamorphosis” (2015)
A great Russian film has come to the international competition of the Odessa International Film Festival. A duo, Lyubov Lvova and Sergey Taramaev directed...
Tracing the History Of Odessa’s Rock Movement
Is there such a phenomenon as an “Odessa sound” in post-Soviet rock n roll? In the same way there was a distinct Chicago sound...
Guidebook to Imaginary Cities (a poem) by Boris Hersonsky
Guidebook to Imaginary Cities
In this city everything is in reverse relation:
to the center from the gate, the whole time
you’ll walk not up a hill,...
Imparting Literary Magic Through Translation: A Conversation With Boris Dralyuk
Boris Dralyuk is the Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books as well as a literary translator. He holds a PhD in...
A Guide To The 46th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
The 46th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist, one of the most important happenings in Ukrainian cinema, is taking place this autumn in Kyiv at...
