TagAbraham Polonsky

Force of Evil (Ο Νόμος των Γκάνγκστερ, 1948)

Ο Abraham Polonsky υπονοεί πως η επιχειρηματικότητα δεν απέχει καθόλου από την εγκληματικότητα και πως κάτι διεφθαρμένο υπάρχει στην άσπιλη μεταπολεμική Αμερικάνικη κοινωνία.

Crime, Film-Noir, Politics

Force of Evil (1948)

Abrahams Polonsky suggests that entrepreneurship is not so far away from criminality and that something is corrupted in the immaculate postwar American society.

REVIEWS

Gorod Zero (Zero City, 1988)

Kafkaesque absurdity meets Soviet reality during the years of the extremely bureaucratic Perestroika in this deadpan comedy by Karen Shakhnazarov.

Poziția Copilului (Child’s Pose, 2013)

Calin Peter Netzer directs a powerful family drama of characters under Romania's post-communist corrupted society. Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin Film Festival.

Stachka (Strike, 1925)

The debut feature film by Sergei Eisenstein and the first archetypical example of pure communist propaganda.

Fuoco! (Fire!, 1968)

Gian Vittorio Baldi directs a piece of art that through its consistency can work on political and dramaturgical level without losing its impactful realism.

Suntan – Jerusalem 33

Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ third feature film is a bleak and bittersweet cul-de-sac set under the glaring Aegean sun.

TagAbraham Polonsky

Force of Evil (Ο Νόμος των Γκάνγκστερ, 1948)

Force of Evil (1948)

Gorod Zero (Zero City, 1988)

Poziția Copilului (Child’s Pose, 2013)

Stachka (Strike, 1925)

Fuoco! (Fire!, 1968)

Suntan – Jerusalem 33

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