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

Trevor Poots’ Romania’s English Queen (Maria, inima României, 2018)

Vol. 96 (Summer 2019) by Colette de Castro
This recent documentary looks at the adventurous life of Queen Marie of Romania.

Jacek Borcuch’s Dolce Fine Giornata (2019)

Vol. 96 (Summer 2019) by Colette de Castro
Jacek Borcuch's newest film again deals with poetry, though his style has further matured since All that I Love.

Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers (La Gomera, 2019)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
Corneliu Porumboiu's latest stint is a critical wake-up call for Europe's rusty film bureaucracy.

Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole (2019)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
In steering clear from depicting graphic violence in a WWII drama, Russian director Kantemir Balagov keeps his promise to his mentor Alexander Sokurov - almost.

Nariman Aliev’s Homeward (Evge, 2019)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Antonis Lagarias
Nariman Aliev depicts the wounds that deportations and population exchange leave open in the minds and souls of the affected.

Yaroslav Lodygin’s The Wild Fields (Dyke pole, 2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Colette de Castro
This adaptation of a contemporary cult classic does not have time on its side.

Alexander Belinski and Agne Dovydaityte’s The Sun Sets in the East (Saulė leidžias rytuose, 2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Lucian Tion
This promising debut recaptures the past through the apolitical musings from a so-called "peasant's journal".

Marko Šantić’s Together (Skupaj, 2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Moritz Pfeifer
This well-meaning film about a legal battle over same-sex marriage ends up idealizing democratic compromise.

Bujar Alimani’s The Delegation (Delegacioni, 2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Moritz Pfeifer
The impending regime change in Albania post-1989 provides Bujar Alimani with many opportunities for dry humor.

Nora Agapi’s Timebox (2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Isabel Jacobs
Two documentary filmmakers, father and daughter, enter a creative dialog about their collective past and the nature of cinema.
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