Editorial

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by Editors

Back to the Past: Mnemonic Themes in Contemporary Hungarian Cinema

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by László Strausz
László Strausz (Eötvös Loránd University) surveys the narrational and stylistic tactics engaged by contemporary Hungarian directors in their representation of the historical past.

Agata Trzebuchowska on Ida

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by Moritz Pfeifer
Moritz Pfeifer met Agata Trzebuchowska during the Polish Film Festival in Paris in December 2013.

Five Early Shorts by Małgorzata Szumowska

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by Moritz Pfeifer
Moritz Pfeifer retraces the promising beginnings of Małgorzata Szumowska's career.

Paweł Pawlikowski’s The Woman in the Fifth (2011)

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by Julia Zelman
Pawlikowski’s film portrays Paris as a limbo for those who have shed their past and home, yet have not regained an identity.

The Perversion of War in János Szász’s The Notebook (A nagy füzet, 2013)

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman reviews this partly beautiful but mostly queasy Holocaust fantasy.

Anka and Willhelm Sasnal’s Parasite (Huba, 2014)

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by Moritz Pfeifer
Polish artist-couple Anka and Willhelm Sasnal’s new film juxtaposes the life of a retired worker and a fresh mother in unexpectable ways.

Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida (2013)

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by Moritz Pfeifer
In Paweł Pawlikowski's newest pic, a young nun is only allowed to take her vows under the condition that she meets her only relative.

Piotr Stasik’s Diary of a Journey (Dziennik z podróży, 2013)

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by Colette de Castro
This quaint documentary is about an unusual pair of photographers who travel around Poland to “capture their beautiful country”.

Srdan Golubović’s Circles (Krugovi, 2013)

Vol. 39 (March 2014) by Patricia Bass
Srdan Golubović's Circles artfully illustrates the questions and challenges of daily life once war is over.
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