‘The Romanoffs’ Review: Matthew Weiner’s Amazon Anthology Makes a Case for the Bolsheviks

Amazon’s anthology series The Romanoffs comes from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, and fans of that series should feel pretty at home here with its themes despite a contemporary setting. Weiner created, wrote, directed, and produced the series which follows descendants (or at least, those who believe themselves to be the descendants) of Russia’s former royal family, the Romanovs — spelled either with the V and the double F. The opening credits of each new episode presents this idea in stark visual detail: the Tsar and his family gather for a family portrait, they are gunned down by the …

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