A good Russian accent, such as the one Viggo Mortensen uses as Nikolai Luzhov in 2007’s “Eastern Promises,” brings an air of authenticity and drama to a performance. A bad one, however, like Arnold ...

Having taught for nearly a decade, I’ve worked through my share of classroom challenges. Nothing, however, prepared me for ...

Many actors turn to voice coaches to perfect an accent for a role, but Armie Hammer took a less conventional route to convincingly sound Russian in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." "You just go on and type ...

Having taught for nearly a decade, I’ve worked through my share of classroom challenges. Nothing, however, prepared me for the toughest one: teaching my own children to speak Russian, my native ...