Hungarian Cinema

TAXIDERMIA — SHOCKTOBER!

Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, FOUR STARS, Hungarian Cinema, Magic Realism, SHOCKTOBER!,

October 10, 2023

“Taxidermia” is as thematically challenging as it is visually disturbing — perhaps more so for Western audiences. However there are…

CANNES PREMIERS 2021: EVOLUTION —Kornél Mundruczo

Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Cinema, Culture, Current Affairs, Film, Film Blog, Film Festivals, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Hungarian Cinema

July 14, 2021

“This drama traces three generations of a family, from a surreal memory of World War II to modern day Berlin,…

SPOTLIGHT ON CANNES 2021: IN COMPETITION — THE STORY OF MY WIFE —Ildikó Enyedi

Articles Blog, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Cinema, Culture, Current Affairs, Directors, Film, Film Festivals, Hungarian Cinema, Women Filmmakers

June 5, 2021

The Story of My Wife, written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi, is based upon the novel of the same name…

MEPHISTO — CLASSIC FILM PICK

Agitprop, Capsules Blog, FIVE STARS, Hungarian Cinema

July 6, 2016

Cinematographer Lajos Koltai captures the thick atmosphere of wartime Berlin and Hamburg with a naturalistic approach that compresses the drama…

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH VILMOS ZSIGMOND — CANNES 2016

Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, Documentary, Filmmaking, FIVE STARS, Hungarian Cinema, Video Essay

June 6, 2016

“Close Encounters With Vilmos Zsigmond” is a movie-lover’s dream; we are so fortunate to have this documentary about a true…

THE TURIN HORSE — CLASSIC FILM PICK

Capsules Blog, Classic Cinema, FIVE STARS, Hungarian Cinema, Video Essay

October 29, 2012

“The Turin Horse” is an existential provocation to its audience to consider the effect of man’s judgments against nature and…

DELTA — CANNES 2008

Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, FOUR STARS, Hungarian Cinema

March 10, 2010

Having played in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Korneo Mundruczo’s plaintive contemplation of the deceptive duality between natural…

AN AMERICAN RHAPOSDY

Capsules Blog, Drama, Hungarian Cinema, THREE STARS, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema

March 1, 2009

Welcome! Groupthink doesn't live here, critical thought does.This ad-free website is dedicated to Agnès Varda and to Luis Buñuel. Get…

TAKING SIDES

Capsules Blog, Drama, Hungarian Cinema, Play Adaptation, THREE STARS, War

January 9, 2009

“Taking Sides” keeps alive a lively political and philosophical debate regarding collaboration that is as fresh today as it was…

GLOOMY SUNDAY

Capsules Blog, Drama, Hungarian Cinema, THREE STARS

January 2, 2009

The wartime drama centers around a lively restaurant called “Szabo,” where the owner Joachim Krol shares a love affair with…

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