Vasily Stepanov (critic)

Vasily Stepanov
Stepanov in Yeltsin Center, 2022
Born
Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov

(1981-03-11) March 11, 1981 (age 43)
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Occupation(s)film critic, editor
Known forSeans

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

  1. ^ ""Мы делаем "Сеанс" для себя"" [We’re doing Seans for ourselves] (in Russian). Lenizdat. 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  2. ^ "Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Seance. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. ^ "Любовь Аркус покинула пост главреда журнала «Сеанс». Ее место занял Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Afisha. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  4. ^ "Vasily Stepanov" (in Russian). Arzamas. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  5. ^ Бергман, Василий Степанов (in Russian). Respublica. 2019. ISBN 978-5-905669-43-9. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  6. ^ Martynov, A. (2019-04-14). "Попытка понять и рассказать Бергмана" (in Russian). Regmun. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  7. ^ "Межгород: Евгения Лавут — Василий Степанов" [InterCity: Eugenia Lavut and Vasily Stepanov] (in Russian). Word Order. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  8. ^ "Пятая нога" [Fifth leg] (in Russian). Okolo Art Magazine. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  9. ^ Sokhareva, T. (2014-11-27). "Поэзия: взгляд с экрана" (in Russian). Gazeta. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  10. ^ "Василий Степанов" (in Russian). Sobaka. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  11. ^ 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)
  12. ^ "Увидел свет сборник "Сеанса" о Хадамове" (in Russian). Orloff Magazine. 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Против военной агрессии России в Украине". kinopressa.ru. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-02.