Dr. Peter Bagrov is currently the senior curator of the George Eastman Museum's Moving Image Department. From 2013-2017 he was the Senior Curator at Gosfilmofond of Russia, the Russian state film archive, and recieved a Phd from the Institute for Cinema Studies in Moscow. He takes his wide ranging film expertise to work in this bi-monthly series at the Dryden, where he scours the film archives for precious cinematic gems. From rarely screened prints to milestones in film history, the Curator's Choice series at the Dryden will offer some of the most unique and envied cinemagoing experiences in the world.
Events in this Series
Curator's Choice: Masquerade in Vienna (35mm)
Curator's Choice Maskerade is considered not just a masterpiece of Austrian cinema, but the quintessential “Viennese Film,” a genre that emerged in the 1920s and flourished until the 1950s, beloved by both Europeans and Americans.
Curator's Choice: S.V.D. (16mm)
Curator's Choice Christened by some of the contemporary critics as “the most elegant film of the Soviet Union,” it depicts one of the most poetic and disastrous pages of Russian history: the Decembrists revolt of 1825-1826.