VALENTINE She, dyke Philosophy, history, film, music, and literature In specific when it comes to films, I am very partial to Tarkovsky and Eisenstein as directors. My favorite actors at the moment are Oleg Yankovsky, Andrei Mironov, August Diehl, Vladimir Konkin, and Vyacheslav Tikhonov My favorite books are Demons by Dostoevsky, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy, and Master and Margarita by Bulgakov I.