When Emotions Explode – Bartosz Kruhlik’s “Supernova” review
Bartosz Kruhilk, debuting as a director with his Supernova, seems to be well aware of the tensions that lie in Polish society. The young artist bravely scratches the wounds and sense of injustice and builds a simple but surprisingly effective thriller that has the viewers on the edge of their seats.
The Cinema of Shortage – Jan Komasa’s Corpus Christi review
The Polish candidate for the Academy Award, Jan Komasa’s Corpus Christi, is a film that, at first glance, fulfills a wish for such Polish socially involved cinema that could deconstruct the society’s relations of power. A cinema that could criticize closed to human needs clergy and authorities which are traditionally caring only for their own interests. In fact, Komasa’s latest work fulfills this dream only on paper.
Girl With a Pearl – Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole review
In Beanpole, the Russian candidate for the Academy Award, the world is drawn exactly as Dutch paintbrush masters have done it so many years ago. This is the world of ordinary women performing ordinary activities in soft light, which timidly bursts through the windows into the charming rooms of Leningrad’s tenement houses.
Parasites of all Countries, Unite – Bong Joon-hoo’s Parasite review
When I went to watch Parasite I expected many things. I expected the Korean artist to have fun with film genres, just as he did in his previous works. I expected – as in Snowpiercer – a strongly outlined class conflict and a clear devaluation of the forces (mainly the capital) behind capitalism as a system.
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Mateusz Tarwacki
Officially: Film critic. Interested mainly in neomodernism, socially engaged and female cinema.
Unoficially: cinephile addicted to cinema. Believes that there is no life outside the cinema, and that’s probably why life confuses him so much.
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