Tag Archives: Polish cinema

a donkey at Cannes (film: EO – Jerzy Skolimowski, 2022)

Posted on January 13, 2023 by admin

Here is a movie with animals that is neither intended nor recommended for children to watch. A strange film in its own strange way. It received the Jury Prize in the official competition at Cannes, at the 2022 edition – … Continue reading →

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there are no happy heroes (film: Kanal – Andrzej Wajda, 1957)

Posted on July 25, 2022 by admin

All good war movies are actually anti-war movies. This saying of mine has sometimes been contested, but so far no one has been able to provide me with a counter-example. Andrzej Wajda‘s 1957 film ‘Kanal‘ certainly supports my thesis. It … Continue reading →

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incarnations of faith (film: Corpus Christi – Jan Komasa, 2019)

Posted on December 17, 2020 by admin

The story in ‘Corpus Christi‘ (2020), the film by Polish director Jan Komasa, takes place in contemporary Poland. It belongs to a category of films coming from the former communist states in Eastern Europe, which portray in various forms the … Continue reading →

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first film, interrupted? (film: Supernova – Bartosz Kruhlik, 2019)

Posted on November 13, 2020 by admin

I often see the debut films of the great filmmakers and I notice signs and qualities that indicate the talent that will develop in a wonderful career. ‘Supernova‘, the film written and directed in 2019 by Polish filmmaker Bartosz Kruhlik … Continue reading →

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women liberation (film: United States of Love – Tomasz Wasilewski, 2016)

Posted on November 12, 2020 by admin

The life stories in ‘United States of Love‘ (the original title is ‘Zjednoczone stany milosci‘), the 2016 film by Polish director and screenwriter Tomasz Wasilewski take place in 1990. That was the first year of freedom in Eastern Europe after … Continue reading →

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demons and buried skeletons (film: Demon – Marcin Wrona, 2015)

Posted on November 11, 2020 by admin

The story surrounding the film ‘Demon‘ made in 2015 by Polish director Marcin Wrona is almost as tragic as the story in the film, and builds around it a special aura. The director committed suicide shortly after the premiere, during … Continue reading →

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a dark thriller with multiple meanings (Film: Potok – Agnieszka Holland, 2017)

Posted on January 22, 2020 by admin

Agnieszka Holland is one of the most important directors of the impressive Polish film school, and the one who managed to build best an international career, of course, except for Roman Polanski. Most of her activity over the last two … Continue reading →

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camera passion (Film: Amator – Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1979)

Posted on October 16, 2019 by admin

Political scientists and historians have been debating for four decades why Poland was the first country in Eastern Europe to begin the process of breaking away from the communist bloc. The first of these causes, quite rightly, is the ascension … Continue reading →

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the saga of an unusual family (Film: Ostatnia rodzina / The Last Family – Jan P. Matuszynski, 2016)

Posted on October 7, 2019 by admin

Jan P. Matuszynski, the director of the remarkable film ‘Ostatnia rodzina‘ (‘The Last Family’) we saw at the Polish film festival organized by the local cinematheque was born in 1984. Part of the story in the film takes place before … Continue reading →

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beware of the mermaids! (Film: The Lure – Agnieszka Smoczynska, 2015)

Posted on October 3, 2019 by admin

‘Corki Dancing‘ (‘Daughters of Dance’) by the Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska, distributed in the English-speaking world as ‘The Lure’, is part of the increasingly rich category of films that refuse categorization or, if you want, creatively combine different genres and … Continue reading →

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