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Drunken Angel (1948)

January 14, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Small Town, The (1997)

January 13, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Ebola Syndrome (1996)

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Basilisks, The (1963)

January 11, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Seventh Horse of the Sun, The (1992)

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Chess Game of the Wind, The (1976)

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Zatoichi’s Pilgrimage (1966)

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Yellow Cat (2020)

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Soul (2020)

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Blackpink: Light Up the Sky (2020)

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Tag / Poland

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Corpus Christi (2019)

  • Others
  • 2019, Jan Komasa, Poland
  • 3 Comments

Love, forgiveness and redemption weigh heavily in this Oscar-nominated religious-based drama about a young sinner who unexpectedly poses as a priest in a small Polish town. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Suicide Room (2011)

  • Others
  • 2011, Jan Komasa, Poland
  • 1 Comment

A disturbing and occasionally powerful look at youths with suicidal tendencies through the off/online realms that they inhabit.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 31, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Body (2015)

  • Others
  • 2015, Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland
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This precise drama by one of Poland’s foremost female directors is wryly comic if also conceptually peculiar as it explores grief and the afterlife against a father-and-daughter narrative.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 18, 2020November 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Pianist, The (2002)

  • Polanski, Roman
  • 2002, Germany, Poland, Roman Polanski, UK
  • 4 Comments

One of Polanski’s finest films, and a great WWII Holocaust drama about human resilience, and the beauty and power of music to overcome sheer adversity.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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October 23, 2019July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Offside (2019) – Guest Review

  • Others
  • 2019, Documentary, Poland
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The story of a female football team as they prepare for competition season told in a straightforward manner – without turgid narratives about femininity or victory.

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February 16, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Ida (2013)

  • Pawlikowski, Pawel
  • 2013, Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland
  • 1 Comment

3.5 stars

This black-and-white Polish Oscar winner is shot with a spare, understated elegance, but sometimes at the expense of narrative depth.

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February 13, 2019September 7, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Cold War (2018)

  • Pawlikowski, Pawel
  • 2018, Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland
  • 1 Comment

Well-crafted with dazzling black-and-white cinematography, and certainly a film to appreciate, but it is emotionally vacuous.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.
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December 21, 2018December 24, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Short Film About Killing, A (1988)

  • Criterion Collection, Kieslowski, Krzysztof
  • 1988, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland
  • 4 Comments

4.5 stars

Kieslowski juxtaposes empathy with morality in this powerful film – as essential a watch as any in cinema on the nature of killing, government-sanctioned or otherwise.

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December 20, 2018March 31, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Three Colors: Red (1994)

  • Criterion Collection, Kieslowski, Krzysztof
  • 1994, France, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, Switzerland
  • 1 Comment

4.5 stars

Kieslowski’s final film brilliantly questions the nature of privacy, fate and guilt in this probing tale of morality and choices.

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December 20, 2018March 31, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Three Colors: Blue (1993)

  • Criterion Collection, Kieslowski, Krzysztof
  • 1993, France, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland
  • 2 Comments

4 stars

A psychological and musical treatise on personal grief by the great Kieslowski, by turns imaginative and humanistic.

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