Movie reviews

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FLOWERS BLOOMING IN OUR THROATS

Switched off. Shapes and colours change when adults are made to play childish games with their hands. No content. 

LES NOUVEAUX DIEUX (NEW GODS)

Watchable. Top-notch animations and quality music mixed with real footage - as the director claims - about an incel whose loneliness and deprivation of love and sex led him to a terrorist act. Sadly, I can't make out what the guy actually did and whether he died or killed someone or both, making the film form over substance. 

AWARD CEREMONY

These two are, respectively, the 1st and 2nd prize winners. The ceremony was dull blabber. A brief compilation of all 23 contestants was worthwhile. The Audience Award went to "The Problem of the Hydra" which I had reviewed before.

CIOTKA HITLERA (HITLER'S AUNT)

Switched off. Nothing much happens and whatever events are taking place, they create no suspense, it just plods along. Much attention was put into set decoration and costumes for the realism of the time but I doubt a real war was so boring. Run-of-the-mill script, typical for Polish Television historical productions, and direction depriving the film of any potential emotions.

Seen online, cinematic reception might differ.

CUDAK

Watchable. Another Polish movie recreating the reality of the second world war convincingly. The protagonists are musicians and music is integral to "Cudak"'s appeal. The story's plausible therefore engaging. The not very clear ending feels rough-edged.

Seen online, cinematic reception might differ.