(DYADYA VANYA, Andrei Konchalovsky, Soviet Union 1970, 104 min., Russian/subtitles)

“The best Uncle Vanya I’ve ever seen”—Woody Allen. Anton Chekhov’s masterwork about the breakdown of a family held together by a tissue of lies and self-deceptions is brought to stunning life in director Konchalovsky’s (Siberiade, Runaway Train) brilliant adaptation.