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Red Penguins: The absurdist little-known story of how the Russian mob not-so-warmly greeted NHL investors

Red Penguins: The absurdist little-known story of how the Russian mob not-so-warmly greeted NHL investors

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 4, 2020Russian hockey, Pre-Putin Russia, Red Penguins, Gabe Polsky, Red Army, Michael J. Fox, Mario Lemieux, Howard Baldwin, Viktor Tikhonov, Alexander Osadchy, Russian mobComment

TIFF Interview, Red Penguins: The story of the unsuccessful U.S. attempt to buy the Red Army hockey team

TIFF Interview, Red Penguins: The story of the unsuccessful U.S. attempt to buy the Red Army hockey team

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 11, 2019Gabe Polsky, Red Army, Red Penguins, Steve Warshaw, Howard Baldwin, Russian hockey, The fall of the Soviet Union, Viktor Tikhonov, Valery Gushin, Disney, Russian mafia, New Cold War, Dynamo, Spartak, Bolshoi BalletComment

Original-Cin TIFF 2019 Picks: Friday, September 6

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes, and Karen Gordon

PreviewSeptember 5, 2019TIFF 2019, Heimay is a Space in Time, September 6, Heimat is a Space In Time, Red Penguins, Contemporary World Cinema, Wavelengths, Parasite, The Platform, Midnight Madness, Special Presentations, documentary, Black Conflux, DiscoveryComment