New Writings: The Most Important Art – Exploring the Hidden Histories of Russian and Soviet Cinema

Based on many of the programmes he curated for BFI Southbank in the 1980s and 90s, Ian Christie’s new book reflects upon Soviet cinema’s provocative last decade, as the country’s then leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s Perestroika programme revealed what had long been censored. It also revealed what had come before – and would follow – the era of Lenin’s ‘most important art’. Tickets £6.50. Programme type: Talk.