Review

Andrzej Wajda’s Walesa, Man of Hope (Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei, 2013)

Andrzej Wajda’s latest film screened at this year's Rio de Janeiro IFF, where feelings about this work by the “master of historical film” were mixed.

Director Mila Turajlić revisits the dark and glorious historical moments of Yougoslavia’s first film studio.

The second feature by Polish filmmaker Katarzyna Roslaniec portrays adolescent life in capitalist Eastern Europe.

Romanian filmmaker Şerban Oliver Tătaru rethinks his family's move to Germany during his teenage years.

Konstanty Kuzma retraces Nimród Antal’s career from ambitious beginnings to a conventional Hollywood career.

Julia Zelman looks at this film's main character, comparing him to other heroes of the time.

Rusudan Chkonia’s film revolves around a contest which claims to be seeking the "perfect mother".

Patricia Bass addresses director János Szász's unimaginative obsession with shock and wickedness.

In this Hungarian film by Ildikó Enyedi, Dorothy Segda takes on the roles of two sisters whose dissimilar lifestyles illustrate modernity's polarity.

Konstanty Kuzma saw Benedek Fliegauf’s English-language debut.