Tuesday, September 6 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 10: Josef Von Sternberg to Zhang Yimou
The final day of directors is here, Josef Von Sternberg through Zhang Yimou. German Expressionism, Dogme 95, contemporary views of Asian life, post-WWII malaise in Eastern Europe, and the alternately heartwarming and queer takes on everyday life in Baltimore all hold a space on today's list. Did we forget your favorite director on this list?
Tuesday, July 26 2011
Overlooked Polish Masterpieces: Two Essential Films by Jerzy Kawalerowciz
Kawalerowicz's work would set the intellectual tone for post-war acts of filmic subversion and transcendance within Poland's burgeoning industry, essential characteristics that Polish cinema would come to be best known for.
Friday, August 28 2009
Katyn
Legendary Polish director Andrzej Wajda tackles a very personal subject in the harrowing Katyn, the long-denied Soviet massacre of the Polish officer corps in WWII.
Thursday, August 23 2007
Primo Levi’s Journey (La Strada di Levi)
Davide Ferrario's Primo Levi's Journey traces the writer's passage again, pondering a world in flux, resilient and persistent, fearsome and familiar.
