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Editorial If one were to make an end-of-the year ranking of the most outrageous conspiracy theories of 2022, it would be as hard to sieve through the sheer amount of plotting, counterplotting, disinformation, and misinformation as it would be to settle on a top candidate. Came spring, Hungary’s nationalist leader, Viktor Orbán, spoke at America’s Conservative... Continue Reading Vol. 129 (November 2022)
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Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov’s Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Kapitan Volkonogov bezhal, 2021)

Vol. 129 (November 2022) by Colette de Castro
An aestheticized take on the Soviet Great Terror (1936-1938).
Review

Tomek Ducki’s Plantarium (2020) & Sander Joon’s Sierra (2022)

Vol. 129 (November 2022) by Julia Skala
These two short animations address issues related to the relationship between father and son.
Review

Signe Baumane’s My Love Affair With Marriage (2022)

Vol. 129 (November 2022) by Julia Skala
This semi-autobiographical film recounts a woman's ambivalent attitude towards romantic relationships
Review

Otilia Babara’s Love is Not an Orange (2022)

Vol. 129 (November 2022) by Zoe Aiano
On a major change in family life caused by Moldova's transition to capitalism.
Review

Réka Bucsi’s Intermission (2022)

Vol. 129 (November 2022) by Julia Skala
A short abstract exercise from Hungarian animation filmmaker Réka Bucsi.
Interview

Tomek Ducki on Plantarium

Vol. 129 (November 2022) by Julia Skala
Tomek Ducki discusses the main ideas behind his latest short film.
Interview

Réka Bucsi on Intermission

Vol. 129 (November 2022) by Julia Skala
We met Hungarian filmmaker Réka Bucsi to discuss her latest short and changing perceptions of animation filmmaking.
Essay

Wojciech Has: The Silent Rebel

Vol. 46 (October 2014) by Pau Bosch Santos
Pau Bosch Santos places some of Polish director Wojciech Has' artistic approaches in a biographical context.
Essay

The Polaroids of Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979-1983

Vol. 17 (May 2012) by Gawan Fagard
In his essay on the Polaroids of Andrei Tarkovsky, Gawan Fagard draws parallels between the ontology of the medium and the work of the Russian director.
Essay

The Philosophical Farce of Daisies

Vol. 88 (October 2018) by Daniel Brennan
Daniel Brennan brings out neglected aspects of Věra Chytilová's 1966 masterpiece through a reading that focuses on its use of farce.
Essay

Symbol and Tradition in Parajanov’s Caucasian Trilogy

Vol. 58 (October 2015) by Moritz Pfeifer
Moritz Pfeifer discusses the symbolic tradition of the pomegranate in the Caucasus and in Parajanov's films.
Essay

Srđan Spasojević’s A Serbian Film (Srpski Film, 2010)

Vol. 78 (October 2017) by Anna Batori
What is the intent and potential rationale behind Srdjan Spasojević's willingly degrading film?
Essay

Věra Chytilová’s Daisies (Sedmikrásky, 1966)

Vol. 28 (April 2013) by Patricia Bass
Patricia Bass compares aspects of Věra Chytilová's Daisies to the American TV-Series The Jersey Shore.
Essay

How a Ukrainian Computer Game Transfigured Folkloric Processes of Remembering

Vol. 65 (May 2016) by Daniel Fuller
Daniel Fuller looks at the way a Ukrainian computer game transfigured folkloric processes of remembering, drawing parallels to Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker.
Review

Jan Komasa’s Suicide Room (Sala Samobojcow, 2011)

Vol. 2 (February 2011) by Konstanty Kuzma
Jan Komasa enters into the lives of suicidal people who meet online to share their feelings with fellow-minded souls.
Review

Kornél Mundruczó’s Delta (2008)

Vol. 29 (May 2013) by Konstanty Kuzma
In this film by Hungarian helmer Kornél Mundruczó, a young man returns to his hometown to settle down.
Interview

Marta Prus on Over the Limit

Vol. 81 (January 2018) by Moritz Pfeifer
We met Polish filmmaker Marta Prus to speak about her intimate peek beyond the facade of competitive gymnastics.
Interview

Andrei Butica on Filming Sex

Vol. 78 (October 2017) by Zoe Aiano
We spoke to Romanian cinematographer Andrei Butica on the occasion of our sex-themed issue.
Review

Jan Hřebejk’s The Holy Quaternity (Svatá Ctverice, 2012)

Vol. 23 (November 2012) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
Jan Hřebejk’s new film examines the endeavors of two couples to spice up their sex lives.
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