Vasily Stepanov (critic)

{{Short description|Russian writer}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Vasily Stepanov

| image = Василий Евгеньевич Степанов главный редактор журнала Сеанс в Ельцин-центре крупный 9 октября 2022 года.jpg

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| caption = Stepanov in Yeltsin Center, 2022

| birth_name = Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov

| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1981|3|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

| death_date =

| death_place =

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| other_names =

| occupation = film critic, editor

| years_active =

| known_for = Seans

| notable_works =

}}

Vasily Yevgenievich Stepanov ({{langx|ru|Васи́лий Евге́ньевич Степа́нов}}; born in 1981) is a Russian cinema critic, journalist, columnist; since 2020 — chief editor of Seans magazine.

Stepanov was born in Leningrad, he is a St Petersburg Classical Gymnasium graduate and a SPBU alumni.{{cite web

|language = ru

|url =https://lenizdat.ru/articles/1157605/ |title ="Мы делаем "Сеанс" для себя"

|trans-title= We’re doing Seans for ourselves

|publisher = Lenizdat

|date = 2020-08-23

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}} He started his career as an editor of the cinema review section at Kalendar magazine, in 2006 he became an editor at Seans.{{cite web

|language = ru

|url =https://seance.ru/names/stepanov/ |title =Василий Степанов

|publisher = Seance

|accessdate = 2022-12-01}} Stepanov started writing for this publication much earlier, at the age of 21.{{cite web

|language = ru

|url = https://www.afisha.ru/article/news-lyubov-arkus-pokinula-post-glavnogo-redaktora-zhurnala-seans/ |title =Любовь Аркус покинула пост главреда журнала «Сеанс». Ее место занял Василий Степанов

|publisher = Afisha

|date = 2020-06-05

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}}

Stepanov wrote for Kommersant-Weekend, Russian Reporter, Empire, Afisha, and others.{{cite web |language = ru

|url = https://arzamas.academy/authors/645|title =Vasily Stepanov

|publisher = Arzamas

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}}

In 2019, Stepanov released Bergman, a book of critical essays and analytics, dedicated to the famous director.{{cite book

|language = ru

|title=Бергман, Василий Степанов

|date=2019

|url = https://www.respublica.ru/knigi/iskusstvo-dizayn-i-moda/kino-i-teatr/527642-stepanov-v-bergman-m-o

|publisher = Respublica

|isbn=978-5-905669-43-9

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}}{{cite web

|author=Martynov, A.

|language = ru

|url =https://regnum.ru/news/2611537.html |title =Попытка понять и рассказать Бергмана

|publisher = Regmun

|date = 2019-04-14

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}} He also writes poetry.{{cite web

|author=

|language = ru

|url =http://old.wordorder.ru/news/mezhgorod-evgeniya-lavut-vasilij-stepanov/ |title =Межгород: Евгения Лавут — Василий Степанов

|trans-title= InterCity: Eugenia Lavut and Vasily Stepanov

|publisher = Word Order

|date = 2011-03-18

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}} In 2014, he was a member of jury at the St Petersburg Video Poetry Festival.{{cite web

|language = ru

|url = https://okolo.me/2014/11/pyataya-noga/ |title =Пятая нога

|trans-title= Fifth leg

|publisher = Okolo Art Magazine

|date = 2014-11-28

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}}{{cite web

|author=Sokhareva, T.

|language = ru

|url = https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2014/11/27/a_6318413.shtml |title =Поэзия: взгляд с экрана

|publisher = Gazeta

|date = 2014-11-27

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}}

In 2020, Stepanov took over as Seans chief editor when its founder Lyubov Arkus resigned after a defamation scandal.{{cite web

|language = ru

|url = https://www.sobaka.ru/people/7384 |title =Василий Степанов

|publisher = Sobaka

|accessdate = 2022-12-01}}{{cite web

|author=Anisimova, E., Pronchenko, Z.

|language = ru

|url =https://www.sobaka.ru/entertainment/books/133376 |title =«Без "Сеанса" не было бы любви» — кинокритик Зинаида Пронченко о лучшем черно-белом журнале о кино

|publisher = Sobaka

|date = 2021-08-05

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}}

In 2021, Stepanov co-authored a book Screenlife. Searching for new language in cinema. In 2022, he released a book about a prominent Soviet and Russian director Rustam Khamdamov.{{cite web

|language = ru

|url =https://orloffmagazine.com/news/uvidel-svet-sbornik-seansa-o-hamdamove |title =Увидел свет сборник "Сеанса" о Хадамове

|publisher = Orloff Magazine

|date =2022-01-30

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}}{{cite web

|language = ru

|url =https://rg.ru/2022/02/02/v-rossii-vyshla-kniga-o-tonino-guerre.html

|title =В России вышла книга о Тонино Гуэрре

|trans-title= Book about Tonino Guerra released in Russia

|publisher = Rossiyskaya Gazeta

|date = 2022-02-02

|accessdate = 2022-12-02}}

In March 2022, Stepanov signed a collective appeal of film critics, film historians and film journalists of Russia against Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web|url=http://kinopressa.ru/5882|website=kinopressa.ru|title=Против военной агрессии России в Украине|date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-02}}