Moscow on the Hudson

Robin Williams stars as Vladimir Ivanoff, a Russian sax player working in a circus whose home life with his warm and colorful family does not compensate for his feelings of repression and lost opportunity in his native land. When the circus comes to New York, Williams goes on a shopping trip to ...more

Paul Mazursky's tale of a Russian saxophone player, Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams), who defects in Bloomingdale's during a New York tour remains one of the director's most accomplished and deeply affecting works. As longtime fan Pauline Kael once observed, Mazursky is most inspired at his absolute messiest -- when he casually strings observational scenes together, bound by a cohesive overtone. Moscow on the Hudson embodied a huge stride forward for the director; Mazursky and co-screenwriter ...more