Róża
A grainy lens, drab colours, grim content, and yet, “Róża is one of the prettiest films I’ve seen in some time,” says reviewer Jodi Greig. It’s the award-winning genius of director Wojciech Smarzowski.
Films
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 / Films
2012 vol. 4 no. 1 - Spring / Films
Kukuczka
Jerzy Kukuczka climbed the Himalayan crown – all 14 of the 8000-meter peaks – discovering new routes and ascents along the way, because as he said: “I like very much taking the undiscovered paths.”
2012 vol. 4 no. 1 - Spring / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Julian Myers: Introduction to Possession
Polish cinema, viewed and reviewed by Americans, leads them to a better understanding of “the complexities of contemporary Poland.”
2012 vol. 4 no. 1 - Spring / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Marcella Faustini: An Introduction to The Theatre of Tadeusz Kantor
Polish cinema, viewed and reviewed by Americans, leads them to a better understanding of “the complexities of contemporary Poland.”
2011 Vol. 3 No. 4 - Winter / Films / Interviews
Agnieszka Holland talks to Eva Stachniak at the Toronto International Film Festival
The director of In Darkness speaks about films, music, identity, and the challenge of making a complex story simple, but not simplistic.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fall / Films
Agnieszka Holland’s “In Darkness” – A Promise Fulfilled
Agnieszka Holland’s latest film is dedicated to Marek Edleman, the legendary leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and evokes passages of his book: “And there was love, too, in the ghetto…”
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fall / Films / Interviews
Children in Exile: Recollections of Children Deported to the Soviet Gulag
Chicago-based filmmaker Chris Swider discusses his award-winning documentary, and why he chose to focus on the youngest “enemies of the State.”
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fall / Films
The Labyrinth: The Testimony of Marian Kołodziej
Recovery following a near fatal stroke unlocks memories buried for more than 50 years, which Marian Kołodziej renders into pen and ink drawings covering several rooms of his Labyrinth in the town of Harmęże, Poland. Ron Schmidt’s brilliant film allows you to enter that labyrinth, alone and in silence.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fall / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Susannah Magers & In The Name of Their Mothers
Polish Movie Nite: Polish cinema, viewed and reviewed by Americans, leads them to a better understanding of “the complexities of contemporary Poland.”
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 - Fall / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Arden Sherman & Knife in the Water
The following essay by Arden Sherman is the third in this six-part column for CR. Developed during Polish Movie Nite, a series of film screenings at The Polish Club in San Francisco, these texts aim to introduce a wide variety of films that might be classified “Polish.” Following Erica Levin’s [...]
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 - Summer / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Julian Myers & Chris Fitzpatrick: Wajda’s The Promised Land
Polish Movie Nite: Polish cinema, viewed and reviewed by Americans, leads them to a better understanding of “the complexities of contemporary Poland.”
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 - Summer / Films
Polish Movie Nite presents Erica Levin: Kieslowski’s Camera Buff
Polish Movie Nite: Polish cinema, viewed and reviewed by Americans, leads them to a better understanding of “the complexities of contemporary Poland.”
2011 Vol. 3 No. 1 - Spring / Films
The Arabian Horses of Poland: Once Again the Wellspring for the Greatest Arabian Horses in the World
Their story is told in “Path to Glory,” a film that will premiere in the US in April and in Poland in August. Justine Jablonska interviews directors Jen Miller and Sophie Pegrum.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 1 - Spring / Films
The Polish-Arabian Horse: A Very Brief History
The history of the Polish-Arabian horse is complex and fascinating. Here’s a very brief snapshot.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 3 - Fall / Films
“New Zealand on Screen” Releases New Film
The 1966 documentary tells the story of 734 Polish children who were adopted by New Zealand in 1944 as WWII refugees.
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