Oleg Ivanov is a freelance writer and PhD student in the Comparative Literature Department at UCLA.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
The Last Jewish Libertine: “Uncut Gems” and Jewish Masculinity Onscreen
Oleg Ivanov traces the filmic image of the masculine Jew from Elliott Gould to Adam Sandler....
Fleeing the Red Pharaohs: On Emil Draitser’s “Farewell, Mama Odessa”
Oleg Ivanov follows the tragicomic travails of Soviet émigrés in “Farewell, Mama Odessa” by Emil Draitser....
The Ideology of the Everyday: The Wende Museum’s “Face to Face” Exhibition
The Wende Museum's exhibition "Face to Face" juxtaposes official products of Socialist Realism with works by artists working outside of Communist Party parameters....
