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

Grzegorz Jaroszuk’s Kebab & Horoscope (Kebab i horoskop, 2014)

Vol. 47 (November 2014) by Jack Page
Jack Page analyzes two clashing ways in which the film depicts how to run a business.

Kornél Mundruczó’s White God (Fehér Isten, 2014)

Vol. 47 (November 2014) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
A girl's beloved dog disappears when her dad abandons it in order to avoid extra taxes imposed on citizens owning mixed breeds.

Isa Qosja’s Three Windows and a Hanging (Tri Dritare dhe një Varje, 2014)

Vol. 47 (November 2014) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
This Kosovan film about the discrimination against rape victims is courageous, yet ambiguous in its final message.

Ivan Tverdovsky’s Corrections Class (Class Correktsi, 2014)

Vol. 47 (November 2014) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
Anastasia Eleftheriou praises this film’s astute views on authoritarian education but takes issue with the film’s ending.

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.

Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s The Tribe (Plemya, 2014)

Vol. 46 (October 2014) by Anastasia Eleftheriou
In her review of The Tribe, Anastasia Eleftheriou pays special attention to the film's choreographic aspects.

Aleksei German’s Hard to Be a God (Trudno byt bogom, 2013)

Vol. 45 (September 2014) by Moritz Pfeifer
German's last work, scientists from earth have the mission to stimulate a Renaissance on a planet stuck in the middle ages.

Giorgi Ovashvili’s Corn Island (Simindis kundzuli, 2014)

Vol. 45 (September 2014) by Lilla Puskás
Corn Island is an allegorical kammerspiel about unresolved border issues between Georgia and its separatist.

Viktor Taus’s Clownwise (Klauni, 2013)

Vol. 45 (September 2014) by Colette de Castro
Clownwise is a comedy about a clowning trio whose members reunite after one of them returns from France.

Petr Václav’s The Way Out (Cesta Ven, 2014)

Vol. 44 (August 2014) by Lilla Puskás
Lilla Puskás lauds the way how Roma protagonists are represented in this movie, which is one of the few Czech Roma films.
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