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.
Read moreReviews of Wolyn (Hatred), Smoleńsk, and Ostatnia Rodzina (The Last Family), some of the most popular Polish films of late 2016.
Read moreThe 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
Read moreUntil Tomasz Wasilewski’s United States of Love, the subject of the transition years to capitalism has certainly been underutilized by Polish screenwriters.
Read moreZbigniew Libera
Read morePolish director Jerzy Skolimowski had to work against the clock to accomplish his greatest effort, 11 Minutes,, which was destined for Cannes.
Read moreAs most master craftsmen, Patryk Vega dexterously reuses the good, bad ,and ugly characters from his most successful crime franchise in Pitbull New Order.
Read moreCan 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.
Read moreThe 16th Silent Film Festival takes place from 3-6 December at Kino Pod Baranami, bringing silent cinema masterpieces from all over to Krakow.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreWith 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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