Exhibit shows thriving Polish poster art
Like a lot of kids of Polish descent, Chris Smentkowski knows his kielbasa and Polish pottery. But he never knew about Polish poster art until he was in college.
“I was familiar with the big holidays, which were Catholic, and stories about the history of Poland’s troubled past, but my own research and travels led me to Polish posters,” he says. “Even my friends who have degrees in art haven’t really heard about Polish poster art, so I feel like I’ve found a treasure.” Continue reading
‘Rose’ Dominates Poland’s Eagle Awards
Wojciech Smarzowski’s Róza (Rose) won seven Eagles, the main Polish film awards at a ceremony held in Warsaw late on March 19. Continue reading
THE OVERWHELMING REALISM OF “IN DARKNESS”
Agnieszka Holland’s “In Darkness,” nominated this year for Best Foreign Language Film, is based on the true story of Poldek Socha, a Polish man who helped a group of Jews to escape mass murder in the sewers of German-occupied Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine). Continue reading
Poland’s Holland, Exploring Holocaust History Again
The film In Darkness tells a remarkable story of survival underground — under the streets, in fact, in the Polish city of Lvov — during World War II. It was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, who knows the subject and the setting firsthand, and it’s one of the five Academy Award nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. Continue reading
Canadian Press marks release of “In Darkness”
Canadian Press marks release of “In Darkness”
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Review, interview: From Lvov sewers to Oscar stage
It’s a war movie with dialogue in Polish, Yiddish, German and Ukrainian. It was developed and scripted by a Toronto Jew of Iraqi origin raised in India and Iran. And it’s directed by a Pole. Continue reading
Poland And Belarus Clash Over A Movie
Relations between Belarus and Poland have deteriorated in recent decade, as Warsaw openly supported Belarusian opposition more than all other European nations put together. Earlier this month yet another war of words took place. Poland officially protested against a new Belarusian film The Old Talazs devoted to the 1920 Soviet-Polish War waged in Belarus. Continue reading
From sewers of Poland, ‘In Darkness’ sheds light on history of Holocaust
“In Darkness” is a pitiless glimpse into the inferno, into hell not only on earth but below it. Based on a true story, it visits the sewers of the Polish city of Lvov during World War II, a place where a group of Jews lived for more than a year under circumstances that are almost unimaginable. Continue reading
Polish thriller part of JCC film fest
In the Polish political thriller “Little Rose,” a sexy secretary becomes a reluctant spy for the Polish Security Service, which targeted Jews and intellectuals as anti-communist dissidents in the late 1960s. Continue reading
Schindler in the Sewers
In Darkness tells an ethically complex story of Jews concealed under the streets of Poland.
It’s far less fun, dramatically speaking, to watch people with firm moral convictions bravely act on them than to see scoundrels, bigots, and greedheads get moved to their core and impulsively cast aside self-interest. Continue reading
