Tag: Polish Cinema
Green Border | Review
The Good Pole: Holland’s Humanitarian Drama a Steady Drizzle of Misery Porn
The difference between an exploitation vs. a social issue film can sometimes be...
Woman Of… | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review
Pieces of a Woman: Szumowska & Englert Compose Compassionate Portrait of Trans Woman
“Testosterone is power,” confirms one physician advising Andrzej, the protagonist of Malgorzata...
You’re Dead to Me: Marcin Dorociński Toplines Jan P. Matuszyński’s “Minghun”
Polish filmmaker Jan P. Matuszyński is deep in production with Minghun. Screen Daily reports that Marcin Dorociński leads the cast. Originally set for an...
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...
Eo | Review
Donkey Skin: Skolimowski Restages Bresson for the Modern Age
Robert Bresson’s 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar is considered a masterpiece, though its reputation took a...
Shreds | 2022 Warsaw Intl. Film Festival Review
Destructive Caring: Family Falls Apart in Dzianowicz’s Latest
Shreds is the story of Gerard (Grzegorz Przybył), a man in his sixties, living with his son’s...
Anatomia | 2021 Warsaw International Film Festival Review
Anatomy of a Memory: Jankowska Dissects the Poetics of Belonging Nowhere
Part of the what could be coined as a niche genre of ‘melancholic European...
The Herd | 2021 Warsaw International Film Festival Review
There's No I in Team: Kotecka and Poryzala's Vaulting Doc is High on Girl Power
Things that amaze us, and quite often scare us, have...
Never Gonna Snow Again | Review
Intimate Strangers: Szumowska & Englert Explore Despondency & Isolation
Our innate capacity for constructing the vehicles of our own alienation and ennui inform the backdrop...
Sweat | Review
Fitness for the Prosecution: Von Horn Sings Song for the Lonely in the Digital Age
In the digital age, perhaps now more than ever, love...
Bird Talk (2019) | Review
Goodbye to Language: The Final Gasp of Zulawski Presents a Fractured Portrait of Contemporary Poland
Language and culture are prominent motifs in the filmography of...
Criterion Collection: Cold War | Blu-ray Review
Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski ascends to the Criterion Collection with his 2018 success Cold War, which competed at Cannes (winning him Best Director), and...
Invisible | 2019 Warsaw International Film Festival Review
Hidden Treasure: Jonynas Stages Greek Tragedy against Backdrop of Eastern Europe
A student of Krzysztof Zanussi, Lithuanian director Ignas Jonynas infuses his third feature film...
Cold War | Review
The Most Important Thing is to Love: Pawlikowski Delivers Beautifully Wrought, Chilly Amour Fou
Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski has had a curious trek to international...