Soviet Union
Film critic Henry Sheehan
Film critic Henry Sheehan reviews K-19.
Enemy At the Gates
Film critic Henry Sheehan reviews Enemy at the Gates starring Jude Law and Joseph Finnes.
Koppel Has the Clout to Cover "Sex in the Soviet Union"
Television critic David Bianculli reviews the newest installment of the documentary series, "The Koppel Report." It presents a savvy, unexpected, and often sad picture of sexuality abroad.
A Russian Scientist Refused to Work in Silence
Book critic John Leonard reviews the memoirs of Andrei Sakharav, a Russian scientist and political dissident who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975. Leonard says the book is more than autobiography -- it's a guide for global citizenship.
An Anthropology of the Soviet Career Establishment.
Book critic John Leonard reviews "The Fur Hat," a novel by Soviet writer Vladimir Voinovich. (VLAD-i-meer VOY-no-vitch).
Martin Smith Cruz's Second Arkady Renko Novel is Better than the First.
Book Critic John Leonard reviews the novel Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith, his sequel to his 1981 best-seller Gorky Park. Reappearing in Polar Star is Arkady Renko, the intrepid police investigator hero of Gorky Park.
Tatayana Tolstaya's Stories are "Marvelous, Marvelous, Marvelous"
Book critic John Leonard reviews Tolstaya's new book, On the Golden Porch. The author is descended from Leo and Alexander Tolstoy, and has garnered comparisons to Chekov. But Leonard says Tolstaya most reminds him of John Cheever for the way she captures sadness on the page.
Walter Hill Discusses His New Film.
Walter Hill, the producer, director and writer of "Red Heat," the new cop/action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi. Hill's other directorial credits include "48 Hrs.," "Hard Times," "The Driver" and "Streets of Fire."
Love and Politics in the Time of Stalin.
Book critic John Leonard reviews the novel Children of the Arbat, by the Russian writer Anatoly Rybakov.
Music From the Soviet Union.
Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a recording of the score for the ballet "The Lady With the Lap Dog" by the Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin. The ballet was performed at the recent Soviet-American Music Festival in Boston. Shchedrin was one of the Soviet organizers of the event.