Russia’s New Film Rules Could Outlaw Its Oscar Nominee

“Russia has introduced new rules regarding the issuing of exhibition licenses for films, decreeing that films ‘defiling the national culture, posing a threat to national unity and undermining the foundations of the constitutional order’ will not be allowed to be screened in cinemas.” As it happens, more than a few people in Russia (including the culture minister) think that description could apply to Leviathan, which has already won a Golden Globe