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Filip Jalowski

KAGEMUSHA: THE SHADOW WARRIOR. Visually Stunning Gem of a Movie

KAGEMUSHA: THE SHADOW WARRIOR. Visually Stunning Gem of a Movie

In hindsight, it is hard to imagine a situation where Akira Kurosawa faced significant difficulties in securing the funds needed to make his next...

STALKER. Tarkovsky's Science Fiction Masterpiece

STALKER. Tarkovsky's Science Fiction Masterpiece

The history behind the creation of “Stalker” is as complex as the film itself.

Angels and Succubi: Women and Femininity in Wojciech Has's Cinema

Has’s cinema is one great wander through Schulz’s sanatorium.

PHARAOH. The masterpiece in the shadow of the pyramids

PHARAOH. A masterpiece in the shadow of the pyramids

With the beginning of the 1960s, the distinctive cinema of the Polish Film School period slowly began to lose its momentum.

THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM. Extraordinary Polish masterpiece

THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM. Extraordinary Polish masterpiece

When Wojciech Jerzy Has declared his intention to create a film based on Bruno Schulz’s prose, few believed in the success of such a daring...

WILD STRAWBERRIES. Bergman's poignant masterpiece

WILD STRAWBERRIES. Bergman's poignant masterpiece

Ingmar Bergman wrote the script for Wild Strawberries during his almost two-month stay at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm.

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE. Truly unsettling horror movie

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE. Truly unsettling horror movie

We Are What We Are is an American remake of a Mexican horror film of the same title.

BORGMAN. Truly mysterious nad original horror movie

BORGMAN. Truly mysterious and original horror movie

Borgman by Alex van Warmerdam is controversial.

JODOROWSKY'S DUNE. The most important sci-fi movie never made

JODOROWSKY'S DUNE. The most important sci-fi movie never made

In the seventies, Alejandro Jodorowsky was on the lips of cinephiles everywhere.

EXCISION. What a dark and twisted pleasure...

EXCISION. What a dark and twisted pleasure...

After the screening of the film Excision at the Sundance festival, Chris Bumbray wrote a review that begins with a few words thrown by an anonymous...