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Blanche

May 21, 2014 VirginieSelavy

With its elegant costumes and set design, Walerian Borowczyk’s sophisticated medieval tragedy exceeds conventional historical dramas.
Review by Alison Frank

fairy taleFrench cinemaMichel SimonMiddle AgesPolish cinemaWalerian Borowczyk
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Illumination

May 6, 2013 Pam Jahn

Krzysztof Zanussi’s film is a visually complex, perceptive and compassionate examination of the essence of knowledge and truth.
Review by Alison Frank

Polish cinema
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La Grande Illusion

April 3, 2012 VirginieSelavy

An anti-war film made just two years before World War II, it was banned in Germany, Italy and France, before the Nazis confiscated the negative.
Review by Alison Frank

anti-war filmsJean GabinJean Renoirwar films
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Night Train

March 13, 2012 VirginieSelavy

A taut mystery thriller from Polish master Jerzy Kawalerowicz, who would go on to make Mother Joan of Angels.
Review by Alison Frank

Jerzy KawalerowiczLeon NiemczykMother Joan of AngelsPolish cinema
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Red Psalm

November 22, 2011 VirginieSelavy

Filled with catchy revolutionary tunes and lush colour imagery of attractive peasants in a fertile landscape, Red Psalm has an irresistible appeal.
Review by Alison Frank

Bela TarrEastern European CinemaHungarian cinemaMiklos Jancso
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Heavenly Creatures

September 13, 2011 VirginieSelavy

What makes good kids turn bad?
Review by Alison Frank

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Szindb&#225d

July 13, 2011 VirginieSelavy

This much-admired Hungarian film centres on the title character Szindb&#225d, who sails, like his namesake, but in a metaphorical sense.
Review by Alison Frank

Eastern European Cinema
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L’&#226ge d’or

June 13, 2011 VirginieSelavy

L’&#226ge d’or was the only surrealist film that completely satisfied André Breton.
Review by Alison Frank

surrealist cinema
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Larks on a String

March 19, 2011 VirginieSelavy

Because Menzel’s film is explicitly set during communism, it is hard not to focus on the bitter reality of the situation.
Review by Alison Frank

Czech cinema
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A Blonde in Love

February 2, 2011 VirginieSelavy

Miloš Forman’s is a gem of the Czech New Wave.
Review by Alison Frank

Czech cinemaCzech new waveCzechoslovak new wave

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