Vasily Stepanov (critic)
Vasily Stepanov | |
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 Stepanov in Yeltsin Center, 2022 | |
| Born | Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov March 11, 1981 |
| Occupation(s) | film critic, editor |
| Known for | Seans |
Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov (Russian: Васи́лий Евге́ньевич Степа́нов; born in 1981) is a Russian cinema critic, journalist, columnist; since 2020 — chief editor of Seans magazine.
Stepanov was born in Leningrad, he is a St Petersburg Classical Gymnasium graduate and a SPBU alumni.[1] He started his career as an editor of the cinema review section at Kalendar magazine, in 2006 he became an editor at Seans.[2] Stepanov started writing for this publication much earlier, at the age of 21.[3] Stepanov wrote for Kommersant-Weekend, Russian Reporter, Empire, Afisha, and others.[4]
In 2019, Stepanov released Bergman, a book of critical essays and analytics, dedicated to the famous director.[5][6] He also writes poetry.[7] In 2014, he was a member of jury at the St Petersburg Video Poetry Festival.[8][9]
In 2020, Stepanov took over as Seans chief editor when its founder Lyubov Arkus resigned after a defamation scandal.[10][11]
In 2021, Stepanov co-authored a book Screenlife. Searching for new language in cinema. In 2022, he released a book about a prominent Soviet and Russian director Rustam Khamdamov.[12][13]
In March 2022, Stepanov signed a collective appeal of film critics, film historians and film journalists of Russia against Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ ""Мы делаем "Сеанс" для себя"" [We’re doing Seans for ourselves] (in Russian). Lenizdat. 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Seance. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ^ "Любовь Аркус покинула пост главреда журнала «Сеанс». Ее место занял Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Afisha. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Vasily Stepanov" (in Russian). Arzamas. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Бергман, Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Respublica. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ Martynov, A. (2019-04-14). "Попытка понять и рассказать Бергмана" (in Russian). Regmun. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Межгород: Евгения Лавут — Василий Степанов" [InterCity: Eugenia Lavut and Vasily Stepanov] (in Russian). Word Order. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Пятая нога" [Fifth leg] (in Russian). Okolo Art Magazine. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ Sokhareva, T. (2014-11-27). "Поэзия: взгляд с экрана" (in Russian). Gazeta. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Sobaka. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ^ Anisimova, E., Pronchenko, Z. (2021-08-05). "«Без "Сеанса" не было бы любви» — кинокритик Зинаида Пронченко о лучшем черно-белом журнале о кино" (in Russian). Sobaka. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Увидел свет сборник "Сеанса" о Хадамове" (in Russian). Orloff Magazine. 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "В России вышла книга о Тонино Гуэрре" [Book about Tonino Guerra released in Russia] (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ "Против военной агрессии России в Украине". kinopressa.ru. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
