Yuma (2012)
Starring: Jakub Gierszał, Katarzyna Figura, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Tomasz Kot Directed by: Piotr Mularuk Rating: ★★★☆☆ In Western Poland the slang term ‘yuma’ refers to the third person of […]
Film Reviews
Shameless (2011)
Starring: Agnieszka Grochowska, Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Anna Próchnia Directed by: Filip Marczewski Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Despite relatively insignificant immigration compared to its neighbors, Poland has also suffered from the wave […]
One Billion Happy People (2011)
Directed by: Maciej Bochniak Rating: ★★★☆☆ It’s hard to imagine two more wildly different cultures than rural China and Polish Disco Polo – that cheesy, […]
Aftermath (2012)
Starring: Ireneusz Czop, Maciej Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski Directed by: Władysław Pasikowski Rating: ★★★★☆ Although quiet for a decade, nobody believed that Władysław Pasikowski would give up directing feature […]
Komeda, Komeda (2012)
Directed by: Natasza Ziółkowska-Kurczuk Rating: ★★★☆☆ Krzysztof Komeda proposed the understated term ‘film music’ to describe his contributions to Roman Polański’s movies. The composer of scores […]
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2012)
Starring: Roman Polański, Andrew Braunsberg Directed by: Laurent Bouzereau Rating: ★★★★☆ Based on an extended conversation between Roman Polański and his friend and producer Andrew Braunsberg […]
The Adventure of a Good Citizen (1937)
Directed by: Stefan Themerson, Franciszka Themerson Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego (The Adventure of a Good Citizen, 1937) is almost all what is left of Polish film avant-garde. Stefan […]
80 Million (2011)
Starring: Piotr Głowacki, Krzysztof Czeczot, Wojciech Solarz, Maciej Makowski Directed by: Waldemar Krzystek Rating: ★★★☆☆ It is clear that Waldemar Krzystek has developed a penchant for […]
Goodbye, Until Tomorrow (1972)
Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Teresa Tuszyńska, Roman Polański, Jacek Fedorowicz Directed by: Janusz Morgenstern Despite having served brilliantly as Andrzej Wajda’s assistant director in the 1950s, […]
Heniek (2010)
Starring: Maciej Słota, Tadeusz Hankiewicz, Jacek Milczanowski, Beata Schimscheiner Directed by: Eliza Kowalewska, Grzegorz Madej Rating: ★★★☆☆ For only a few hundred euro, the directorial […]