Film critic and translator Nina Tsyrkun is the author of over 500 articles on American and Russian cinema and currently contributes to Seans, Premiere, and the internet site Mir Kino (NTV). Her books include Erosion of Reason (1986), Elizabeth Taylor (1998), and Armen Gzhigarkhanian (2000). She is a member of Russia's Union of Filmmakers and of FIPRESCI.