Tag: Michalina Olszanska

Mr. Jones | Review

Truth Be Told: Holland Revisits the Horror of the Holodomor Polish director Agnieszka Holland returns to a subject matter favored in her most memorable offerings—lost...

Criterion Collection: The Lure | Blu-ray Review

Agnieszka Smoczynska’s idiosyncratic directorial debut The Lure has cult classic written all over it. A fairy tale about two siren sisters in 1980’s Warsaw...

I, Olga Hepnarova | Review

Gray is the Cruelest Color: Kazda and Weinreb Resurrect a Murderess Unlike the hopeful social realism angle of the comparably titled Palme d’Or winning I,...

The Lure | Review

They Could Go on Singing: Smoczynska’s Debut a Fairy Tale Grim Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska crafts a memorable directorial debut with The Lure, a 1980s...

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