Ivan Grozni, II Long withheld by Soviet officials, Ivan the Terrible, Part II is hardly an entertaining film. But it is well worth the time of students of history and the cinema.

Grozni’s journey and his eventual “unmaking” is an honest glimpse into Buddhism and the meaning of everything. He’s no Siddhartha, but Turtle Feet is most enlightening.

Nikolai Grozni. Riverhead Hardcover, $24.95 (326pp) ISBN 978-1-59448-984-6. This book about Tibetan monkhood certainly fits the description of the ""extreme"" memoir.

Ivan Grozni Despite usual good Russian photography, a powerful score, a couple of nice performances and flashes of original direction, Ivan the Terrible has so much that is tiresome, has so little ...