Perspectives
The latest in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European cinema.

Aleksei German Jr.’s Dovlatov (2018)

Vol. 83 (March 2018) by Daniil Lebedev
Aleksei German Jr. follows the recent trend of biopics with his portrait of Armenian-Jewish writer Sergei Dovlatov.

Ioana Uricaru’s Lemonade (Luna de miere, 2017)

Vol. 83 (March 2018) by Jack Page
Uricaru's debut feature is an embittered and scathing vision of immigrant life in contemporary America.

Peter Bebjak’s The Line (Čiara, 2017)

Vol. 83 (March 2018) by Konstanty Kuzma
This Slovak-Ukrainian co-production picks up two themes whose relevance has only increased since its release last year.

Jana Počtová’s Non-Parent (Nerodič, 2017)

Vol. 83 (March 2018) by Alice Heneghan
Together with her protagonists, Czech documentarian Jana Počtová reflects on parenthood.

Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin (2017)

Vol. 82 (February 2018) by Daniil Lebedev
Daniil Lebedev wonders what are the reasons why public officials in Russia are unable to laugh about this comedy on the times of Soviet terror.

Bernadett Tuza-Ritter’s A Woman Captured (2017)

Vol. 82 (February 2018) by Colette de Castro
This film portrays at once the immense fragility of a woman who has been enslaved for ten years by a Hungarian family, and her startling strength.

Bojina Panayotova’s I See Red People (Je vois rouge, 2018)

Vol. 82 (February 2018) by Zoe Aiano
This highly personal docu-essay revisits Bulgaria's Communist past through a generational conflict.

Jan Gebert’s When the War Comes (Až přijde válka, 2018)

Vol. 82 (February 2018) by Zoe Aiano
Jan Gebert’s film documents the synchronous radicalization and normalization of a Slovak right-wing militia.

Marta Prus’ Over the Limit (2017)

Vol. 81 (January 2018) by Moritz Pfeifer
This film offers a look behind the flashy and effortless facade of gymnastics.

Jan P. Matuszyński’s The Last Family (Ostatnia Rodzina, 2017)

Vol. 81 (January 2018) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
Matuszyński’s debut feature paints unfamiliar fantasies in Poland's years of westernization.
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