Cold War (Zimna wojna, Poland-France-UK 2018)
My response to Pawlikowski’s films has been mixed, I positively disliked The Woman in the Fifth (FrancePoland-UK, 2011) but can’t remember why. However both Ida and Cold War are undoubtedly excellent....
View ArticleMother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolów, Poland 1961)
Mother Joan of the Angels is a sort of sequel to The Devils (UK, 1971), Ken Russells’ hysterical and extravagant adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s The Devils of Loudon (1952) which was based on actual...
View ArticleSpoor (Pokot, Poland-Slovakia-Germany-Czech Republic-Sweden-France 2017)
Pokot is an entry in a recent genre cycle of ‘eco-thrillers’ – and like the Icelandic film Woman at War (2018) it has a central female character. In this case the film is also directed by a woman, the...
View ArticleMr. Jones (Poland-UK-Ukraine 2019)
Directed by Agniezska Holland, Mr Jones first appeared at Berlin a year ago to mixed reviews. I tried to book seats for one of its London Film Festival screenings but they must have sold out in minutes...
View Article303 Squadron (Dywizjon 303, Poland-UK 2018)
In 2018, two Polish-UK co-productions about the Polish aircrews who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 were released. 303 Squadron is the Polish ‘majority production’ directed by Denis Delic with...
View ArticleNever Gonna Snow Again (Sniegu juz nigdy nie bedzie, Poland-Germany 2020)
Malgorzata Szumowska has seen her profile as a leading European filmmaker gradually rise since her first feature in 2000. Twenty years later Never Gonna Snow Again won a prize at Venice and was...
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