The Russian Film Week NYC is November 13th through 22nd. Highlights include: gulag town fool with a wooden gun, a disillusioned TV star, modern domestic and adolescent horrors, Anna Karenina, Ivan the Terrible, funny drunks, miracles, sailors, suicides, spiritual journeys and Somalian pirates.

Exalted by the Soviets in the 80s with the popular kids' book Pioner Heroes, WWII's child soldiers are back—little red scarves and all—now, with super-powers! Russia's first ever anime First Squad opens this Fall. Read on for details, trailers, and soft musings on genre exploits and exploitation.