Western Cinema on the Pages of the Soviet Screen Magazine: 1986–1991

Based on the content analysis (in the context of the historical, socio-cultural and political situation, etc.) of the texts published during the "perestroika" period of the Soviet Screen magazine (1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991), the authors came to the conclusion that materials on the subject of Western cinema on this stage can be divided into the following genres:-ideologized articles emphasizing criticism of bourgeois cinema and its harmful influence on the audience (1986)(1987);-articles on the history of Western cinema; -biographies and creative portraits of Western actors and directors (as a rule, with positive ratings);-interviews with Western filmmakers (as a rule, with those who came to Moscow film festivals); -reviews of Western films (here we can note a violation of the old tradition: if in 1986-1987 the magazine still often negatively evaluated some "politically harmful bourgeois" films, then later Western film production was evaluated without regard to ideological stereotypes, moreover, even received a positive interpretation films that were previously rejected for ideological reasons);-articles about international film festivals and weeks of foreign cinema in the USSR, reviews of the current repertoire of Western national cinematographies (no longer divided into "progressive" and "bourgeois" cinematography); -short informational materials about events in Western cinema (from neutral reports to "yellow" gossip).