Books in the KINOfiles Film Companion series

This volume from the "KINO Russian Cinema" series investigates the production, context and reception of the film "The Man with the Movie Camera", the people who made it, and the film itself, including its place in Russian and World cinema.

This volume from the KINO Russian Cinema series investigates the production, context and reception of the film "Battleship Potemkin", the people who made it, and the film itself, including its place in Russian and World cinema.

Each of the volumes in this series on Russian cinema investigates the production, context and reception of the film, the people who made it, and the film itself, including its place in world cinema. This title discusses the Oscar-winning film "Burnt by the Sun", directed by Nikita Mikhalov.

"Ivan the Terrible", Eisenstein's last film, is a complex work. Commissioned by Stalin himself, the director had to glorify the dictator's tyranny, yet attempted to preserve his own artistic and personal integrity. This study documents how Eisentstein performed the near-impossible in doing so.

This text looks at the acclaimed 1988 film "Little Vera", observing its use of space and representations of complex family relationships, placing "Little Vera" within the context of youth cinema.