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Essay

Irena Kamieńska’s Hello, Children (Dzień dobry dzieci, 1967) & The Dam (Zapora, 1977)

Vol. 48 (December 2014) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman discusses two of Irena Kamieńska's documentaries, revealing a tension between the centralized state and the basic needs of the people.
Review

Aleksandra Gowin and Ireneusz Grzyb’s Little Crushes (Małe stłuczki, 2014)

Vol. 47 (November 2014) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman recognizes traces of Truffaut's Jules et Jim in Little Crushes but criticizes the film's loose plot line.
Essay

Roman Polanski’s Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure, 2013)

Vol. 46 (October 2014) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman discusses Polanski's interpretation of Sacher Masoch's novel and analyzes how the filmmaker's take on the female protagonist differs from that of the original.
Review

Andrzej Jakimowski’s Imagine (2013)

Vol. 43 (July 2014) by Julia Zelman
Imagine is about a blind man who arrives at a clinic in a Lisbon monastery to teach some slightly hostile children...
Review

Krzysztof Zanussi’s The Structure of Crystals (Struktura kryształu, 1969)

Vol. 42 (June 2014) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman saw this Polish classic in the light of the relationship of its two male protagonists.
Review

Piotr Trzaskalski’s My Father’s Bike (Mój rower, 2012)

Vol. 41 (May 2014) by Julia Zelman
In this film estranged fathers and sons must learn to accept and express love.
Interview

Andrei Gruzsniczki on Quod Erat Demonstrandum

Vol. 40 (April 2014) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman met Andrei Gruzsniczki in New York City, where he presented his new film at the Lincoln Center.
Review

Andrei Gruzsniczki’s Quod Erat Demonstrandum (2014)

Vol. 40 (April 2014) by Julia Zelman
Ducu Buciuman, the in some ways central character in Andrei Gruzsniczki's Quod Erat Demonstrandum, never appears onscreen...
Review

Vinko Brešan’s The Priest’s Children (Svećenikova djeca, 2013)

Vol. 40 (April 2014) by Julia Zelman
Vinko Brešan’s film starts as ludic and ends as lugubrious. Fabijan, a young priest, eagerly seeks to find his place in an idyllic Croatian island town...
Review

Juraj Lehotský’s Miracle (Zázrak, 2013)

Vol. 40 (April 2014) by Julia Zelman
This filmic panoply of horror reveals Juraj Lehotský's ambition to make cinema a means to plunge into Slovakia’s imagined depths of misery and keep breathing.
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