Ewa Wants to Sleep (1958)
Starring: Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass, Stanisław Mikulski, Maria Kaniewska, Jarema Stępowski Directed by: Tadeusz Chmielewski Until the 1970s, the Polish movie industry made precious few attempts to […]
Film Reviews
The Word (2014)
Starring: Eliza Rycembel, Mateusz Więcławek, Andrzej Chyra Directed by: Anna Kazejak Rating: ★★★☆☆ It would be reasonable to expect any Polish feature film about youth released […]
Stones for the Rampart (2014)
Starring: Tomasz Ziętek, Marcel Sabat, Kamil Szeptycki, Krzysztof Globisz Directed by: Robert Gliński Rating: ★★★☆☆ There has been more room for manoeuvre in Robert Gliński’s filmmaking […]
Sophie Seeks 7 (2014)
Starring: Joanna Kulig, Maciej Stuhr, Krzysztof Globisz, Katarzyna Maciąg Directed by: Weronika Migoń Rating: ★★☆☆☆ After paying her dues under Roman Polański and Agnieszka Holland, Polish rookie Weronika […]
Jack Strong (2014)
Starring: Marcin Dorociński, Maja Ostaszewska, Patrick Wilson Directed by: Władysław Pasikowski Rating: ★★★☆☆ Despite a penchant for heated dramas set during wartime, Polish cinema has rarely taken the […]
Once Upon a Time (1957)
Directed by: Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica Polish animation has often deliberately used weak narratives to draw attention to the formal aspects of the work itself. Walerian […]
Eroica (1958)
Starring: Bogumił Kobieła, Edward Dziewoński, Tadeusz Łomnicki Directed by: Andrzej Munk If Andrzej Munk had directed Wajda’s Kanał (Canal, 1956), the development of the Polish Film School could […]
In Hiding (2013)
Starring: Magdalena Boczarska, Julia Pogrebińska, Jacek Braciak, Tomasz Kot Directed by: Jan Kidawa-Błoński Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Jan Kidawa-Błoński emerged from a directorial hibernation in the 1990s with Różyczka (Little Rose, 2010), […]
The Mighty Angel (2014)
Starring: Robert Więckiewicz, Julia Kijowska, Andrzej Grabowski, Adam Woronowicz Directed by: Wojciech Smarzowski Rating: ★★★★☆ In Pod Mocnym Aniołem (The Mighty Angel), Wojciech Smarzowski employed the same pack of supporting […]
Everything for Sale (1969)
Starring: Andrzej Łapicki, Daniel Olbrychski, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Bogumił Kobiela Directed by: Andrzej Wajda Wszystko na sprzedaż (Everything for Sale) stands out as one of the few examples of […]