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During the holidays, he said, “We would go skiing, play hockey across the street, come home, turn on the TV, and they’re playing ‘The Irony of Fate.’ Movies like these don’t get boring.” ...

A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them ...

This trilogy of films explores themes of interpersonal relationships, friendship, love, and destiny within the context of Soviet culture. The first film revolves around a coincidence that leads to ...

These movies lean into the sincerity in a way that, again, maybe people might wave their hand and call corny, but irony is a safety net. These movies should exist without that safety net.