György Palfi Articles

The Land of Eagles by Fatmir Koçi (top); 12:08 Bucharest by Corneliu Porumboiu (bottom) Films from the New Europe at USC: Introduction The film information below is from the USC website: Animated Short Program Far from being primarily a children's medium, animation in Eastern Europe has long been a rich field of formal experimentation and highly charged politics. This selection of short films by masters [...]

The University of Southern California is presenting the mini-festival "Films from the New Europe" on Friday, February 29, and Saturday, March 1, at the Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall in downtown Los Angeles. All screenings are free and open to the general public, but individual reservations will be required for each screening. As per the USC website, the showcase includes "recent feature films and animated [...]

At Filmcritic.com, Chris Cabin offers a highly eclectic list of the top unreleased (in the US, that is) films of 2007, ranging from Catherine Breillat's The Old Mistress (right) to Mamoru Oshii's The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters. Some of these titles will get a US release in 2008. A sample commentary: "For those with strong stomachs only: György Palfi's Taxidermia overloads with [...]