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Maja Budka

I write about film and art with a cat on the keyboard. I like animation and films lined with gentle absurdity.

BLINDED BY THE LIGHTS. A Dark, Gritty Portrait of Warsaw

Blinded by the Lights is one of the most visually compelling and well-crafted Polish series in recent years.

SQUID GAME. What's all the fuss about?

The unassuming Korean Netflix series “Squid Game” broke all viewership records after its release. What drew audiences to it?

CHUNGKING EXPRESS Decrypted: Alienation In The Urban Jungle

Some time ago, the film world was abuzz with the news of the completion of the screenplay for Wong Kar-wai’s next film.

I SAW THE TV GLOW. On the Other Side of the TV

Despite all the twisted motifs (I Saw the TV Glow is definitely from the weirdest shelf in the A24 film library), the film is like an intimate...

UN CHIEN ANDALOU / AN ANDALUSIAN DOG. Intriguing phantasmagoria

Since André Breton’s manifesto in 1924, the world has gone mad.

COLD WAR. Visually Impressive And Simply Beautiful

Although “Cold War” is, alongside the Oscar-winning “Ida,” only Paweł Pawlikowski’s second Polish film, his style has...

SALTO. A Cult Classic, Neither Simple Nor Straightforward

Although the cinematic legacy of Tadeusz Konwicki is less remembered today than his literary works, his 1965 film Salto has left a lasting mark on the...

ISLE OF DOGS. Wes Anderson 's visually enchanting spectacle

Already in Fantastic Mr. Fox from 2009, Wes Anderson proved that the quite unexpected leap from live-action film to stop-motion animation serves him...

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO. Real anime treasure

Totoro enjoys such popularity among children in the Land of the Rising Sun that it’s akin to Winnie the Pooh’s popularity in the UK.

MILLENNIUM ACTRESS. Engaging, metaphysical anime

Kon transitions from a dark psychological thriller to the realm of an intimate and poignant tale of a fading star…

Is ANGEL'S EGG anime an underrated, forgotten MASTERPIECE?

There are movies that linger in your mind for a long time, those that with their enigmatic nature persistently occupy your thoughts like an unsolved...