Tag: Malgorzata Buczkowska

Interview: Agnieszka Smoczynska – Fugue

Agnieszka Smoczynska's 2015 The Lure was quite the sensation, having made a splash at Sundance and having enjoyed a growing reputation in the years...

Fugue | Review

Staring into the Known: Smoczyńska Offers Low-key, Uncompromising Sophomore Feature Surely not the follow up effort audiences might have had in mind from the creator...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #56. Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Fugue

Fugue Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska became an instant breakout success with her debut The Lure (read review),  a 1980s set horror musical about two sister sirens...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...