Review: Rereleases of ‘Stalker’ and ‘Solaris’ gives us a fresh look at Andrei Tarkovsky’s heady sci-fi By Mark Olsen Staff Writer Follow May 18, 2017 1:50 PM PT ...

Why Andrei Tarkovsky’s interminably dull 1979 sci-fi masterpiece “Stalker” is the movie we need right now "Stalker" is a balm in an age when folk prefer to shock themselves in a lab rather ...

Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker was first released in the US in 1982, after premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980. This restored version also played at the Montclair Film Festival.

Films by Andrei Tarkovsky and Roberto Rossellini’s are joining the prestigious library this summer. Summer 2017 is shaping up to be quite the exciting season for The Criterion Collection. In May ...

With the success of '3 Body Problem' and 'Dune 2,' it's clear audiences want smart sci-fi. That makes it the perfect time to revisit a haunting Andrei Tarkovsky classic.

Andrei Tartovsky, Geoff Dyer, Spring 2012, Stalker, Zona Originally appearing in our Spring, 2012 print issue, my short report on Zona, Geoff Dyer’s fascinating critical memoir on Andrei Tarkovsky’s ...

A couple of years ago, a panel of experts convinced me that “Stalker,” Andrei Tarkovsky’s beautiful and magically melancholy 1979 film of environmental paranoia, is secretly a stoner comedy ...

“Stalker” (1979), screening twice, at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, is a film made under the suppressive Soviet Union, and it feels like it; but it’s far bleaker.