Anton Vladimirovich Dolin (né Vorobyov; Russian: Антон Владимирович Долин né Воробьёв) is a Russian film critic, journalist, radio host, blogger and podcaster. He was the chief editor of the Iskusstvo Kino magazine from 2017 to 2022 and the regular film reviewer of Evening Urgant from 2012 to 2020.[1]
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| Born | Anton Vladimirovich Vorobyov 23 January 1976 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Philology, 1997) |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Relatives | Veronika Dolina (mother) |
| Awards | GQ Award in the category "Author of the Year" (2019), Award of the Russian Guild of Film Critics (2004, 2011) |
He is also a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and a voter for the Golden Globes.[2]
Biography
editAnton Dolin is a son of a Soviet poet Veronika Dolina and professor of physics Vladimir Vorobyov. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Philology) in 1997 as a teacher of Russian literature. In 2000, he graduated from the doctoral program of Gorky Institute of World Literature, writing a dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences on "The history of the Soviet fairy-tale novel," which he did not end up defending.[3]
He worked as a host for the Echo of Moscow from 1997 to 2003 and for Radio Mayak from 2007 to 2019.[4] He has also worked for such newspapers and magazines as Moskovskiye Novosti (2006–2007), Expert (2006–2013), The New Times (2008–2017), Vedomosti (2011–2014), Gazeta.Ru (2012–2013), Afisha (2013–2017), and Meduza (since 2017).[5] He was the regular film reviewer of the Vesti FM from 2010 to 2019, and then of the Silver Rain Radio. In 2012 Dolin joined the staff of the Evening Urgant late-night show as a host of the film review section. In 2020, he was fired from Channel One for publishing a negative review on Andrei Kravchuk's Union of Salvation for Meduza.[6][7]
In 2017 Anton Dolin became the editor-in-chief of the Iskusstvo Kino film magazine. In 2021 he started his own YouTube channel Radio Dolin, supported by Meduza.[8] He is the co-host of Galina Yuzefovich's podcast Book bazaar (Russian: Книжный базар, Knizhny bazar) since 2021.[9]
Public activity
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Dolin claims to be 'a follower of democracy and liberalism'. He supported Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny despite the fact that they had a conflict over the dual citizenship of a Kremlin-linked journalist Sergey Brilyov.[10]
In 2013, Dolin opposed the Russian gay propaganda law and expressed support to the Russian LGBT community.[11] In 2014, he supported Euromaidan and criticized the Russian government for interfering in the internal affairs of Ukraine.[12] In September 2020, Dolin supported the Belarusian protests. On 7 March 2022, after protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dolin fled to Riga in Latvia following death threats by Russian ultranationalists.[13]
In 2020, he supported Lubov Arcus during a public scandal in social media that led to her resignation from Seans magazine.[14]
He is a member of the public council of the Russian Jewish Congress.[15]
Artistic preferences
editDolin chose following movies for the Sight & Sound's 2012 survey on the greatest films in history:[16]
- Eraserhead by David Lynch
- The Idiots by Lars von Trier
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom by Steven Spielberg
- Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky
- My Friend Ivan Lapshin by Aleksei German
- The Word by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- The Phantom of Liberty by Luis Buñuel
- Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock
- The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
- The Nibelungs by Fritz Lang
Anton Dolin calls Manoel de Oliveira his favourite film director and Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Luigi Nono his favourite composers.[17] In 2020 he has also mentioned The Beatles as his favourite music band.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Кинокритик Антон Долин стал главредом журнала "Искусство кино"" [Film critic Anton Dolin became editor-in-chief of Iskusstvo Kino magazine] (in Russian). TASS. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Anton Dolin". 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Антон Долин. Линия жизни" [Anton Dolin. The life line] (in Russian). Russia-K. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Daria Milokaichuk (12 April 2019). "Кинокритик Антон Долин уволился с ВГТРК. "Россия 24" сняла о нем "гнусный и лживый" репортаж" [Film critic Anton Dolin left VGTRK. Russia-24 filmed a 'vile and false' report about him]. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Драка у метро "Либеральная". Спор между Долиным и Навальным" [Fight at the metro station 'Liberal'. The dispute between Dolin and Navalny] (in Russian). Radio Svoboda. 3 December 2018.
- ^ ""Союз спасения" — монархический блокбастер о восстании декабристов, который осуждает и не жалеет бунтующих интеллигентов" [Union of Salvation is a monarchic blockbuster about the Decembrist revolt, which condemns and does not pity rebellious members of the intelligentsia] (in Russian). Meduza. 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Долин связал уход из "Урганта" с рецензией на фильм о декабристах" [Dolin linked the departure from 'Evening Urgant' with a review on a film about the Decembrists] (in Russian). RBK. 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Кинокритик Антон Долин запустил собственное шоу на YouTube" [Film critic Anton Dolin started his own YouTube show] (in Russian). Film.ru. 14 April 2021.
- ^ "«Книжный базар» вернулся с сезоном об экранизациях — впервые в видеоформате! С Галиной Юзефович и Антоном Долиным" ['Book Fair' is back: podcast season 2] (in Russian). Meduza. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Драка у метро "Либеральная". Спор между Долиным и Навальным" [Fight at the metro station 'Liberal'. The dispute between Dolin and Navalny] (in Russian). Radio Svoboda. 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Против гомофобии. Антон Долин" [Against homophobia. Anton Dolin] (in Russian). Grani.ru. 5 March 2013.
- ^ "Мы с вами!" [We are with you!] (in Russian). kinosoyuz.com. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ Dolin, A. 06.03.22, telegram.org
- ^ Dolin, A. (4 June 2020). "Антон Долин: «Сеанс» и «Искусство кино» — вместе" [Anton Dolin: 'Seans' and 'Iskusstvo Kino' are together] (in Russian). KinoArt. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Общественный совет – Российский еврейский конгресс" [The public council of the Russian Jewish Congress]. rjc.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "The Greatest Films of All Time 2012 poll. Anton Dolin". Sight & Sound. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ ещёнепознер (13 February 2019). "Долин: Oxxxymiron, Ургант и сериал про Путина #ещенепознер" [Dolin on Oxxxymiron, Urgant and TV series about Putin]. YouTube (in Russian). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Yury Dud (2 December 2020). "Антон Долин – стыдные вопросы про кино / вДудь" [Anton Dolin and shameful questions about cinema / vDud]. YouTube. Retrieved 29 October 2021.