Kino Mania December 2016: Wolyn / Smoleńsk / Ostatnia Rodzina
Reviews of Wolyn (Hatred), Smoleńsk, and Ostatnia Rodzina (The Last Family), some of the most popular Polish films of late 2016.
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Film & TV
Kino Mania: The Red Captain (2016)
The epochal shift to Czech capitalism is a merely decorative background to a story that turns into a big-screen penny dreadful in Kollár’s The Red Captain
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Kino Mania: United States of Love (Zjednoczone Stany Miłości) (2016)
Until Tomasz Wasilewski’s United States of Love, the subject of the transition years to capitalism has certainly been underutilized by Polish screenwriters.
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Kino Mania: Walser (2015)
Zbigniew Libera
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Kino Mania: 11 Minutes (2015)
Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski had to work against the clock to accomplish his greatest effort, 11 Minutes,, which was destined for Cannes.
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Kino Mania: Pitbull New Order (2016)
As most master craftsmen, Patryk Vega dexterously reuses the good, bad ,and ugly characters from his most successful crime franchise in Pitbull New Order.
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Kino Mania: Red Spider (2015)
Can a filmmaker create a thriller evading the usual mechanisms of suspense? Directed by rookie Marcin Koszałka, Red Spider has neither the “who did it” nor the “how” at the core.
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Kino Pod Baranami’s 16th Silent Film Festival
The 16th Silent Film Festival takes place from 3-6 December at Kino Pod Baranami, bringing silent cinema masterpieces from all over to Krakow.
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Demon (2015): The film and its director’s tragic suicide behind it
The late Marcin Wrona’s rare Polish horror fable ‘Demon’ shows the evolution of a promising cineaste who would still have a lot to say to moviegoers.
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Kino Mania: Karbala (2015)
With Karbala, journalism-educated filmmaker Krzysztof Łukaszewicz might become the standard-bearer of a politically-engaged but uncerebral cinema in his country.
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