MOSCOW - In many ways, the movie "Leviathan" is Russia's greatest cinematic accomplishment in years, maybe decades. The Golden Globe winner this month for best foreign film, it provides an unrelenting, vodka-soaked portrait of small-town corruption that has been praised by critics and filmmakers throughout the world - everywhere, it seems, but Russia.
New York Times: Russian movie ‘Leviathan’ gets applause in Hollywood but scorn at home
Actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the film 'Leviathan' from Russia as a nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards Nominations Announcement at the AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Jan. 15, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.
