Eastern European Cinema
Again this category lumps a lot of countries together where the Alice collection is not large enough to warrant separate shelf-space for each country represented. Eastern European films are often categorised by a healthy black humour, an ability to look hardship in the eye and laugh - if somewhat bitterly at times. Included here are films from Poland, Austria, Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. To look for films from a specific country refer to the 'By Country' link on the left.
Gadjo Dilo (1998)
Director: Tony Gatlif
Starring: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban
Aka "The Crazy Stranger". This lyrical, poetic slice of cinematic art focuses on a young Frenchman who, while searching for a legendary folk singer, g... Read more
Dog Days (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Starring: Maria Hofstatter, Alfred Mrva, Erich Finsches
It's a stifling hot weekend in the suburbs of Vienna, somewhere between the autobahn and the exit roads, the hypermarkets and the new housing estates.... Read more
Dogtooth (2009)
7.3/10
Director: Giorqos Lanthimos
Starring: Mary Tsoni, Michele Valley, Christos Stergioglou
AKA "Kynodontas" Graceful, enigmatic, and often frightening, 'Dogtooth' is an ingenious dark comedy that won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Ca... Read more
Tangerines (2013)
8.3/10
Director: Zaza Urushadze
Starring: Lembit Ultsak, Elmo Nuganen, Giorgi Nakashidze
Set in 1992, during the growing conflict between Georgia and Abkhazian separatists in the wake of the Soviet Union's dissolution, this compassionate t... Read more
Three Colours: Blue (1993)
8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Florence Pernel, Benoit Regent
After losing her family in a tragic accident Juliette Binoche decides to radically change her life; she leaves behind any memories of her husband, a r... Read more
The Inheritors (1998)
7.3/10
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Starring: Sophie Rois, Simon Schwarz, Lars Rudolph
Set in a small Austrian village at the turn of the 20th century, this compelling tale of loss, defiance and tragedy begins when a cruel and merciless... Read more
Three Colours Trilogy ( Blue, White, Red ) (1993)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Jul...
This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from Krzysztof Kieslowski was a defining event of the art-house boom of the 1990s. The film... Read more
Ida (2013)
7.4/10
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik
From acclaimed director Pawel Pawlikowski ("Last Resort", "My Summer of Love") comes "Ida", a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in... Read more
The White Ribbon (2009)
7.8/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Ursina Lardi, Ulrich Tukur, Leonie Benesch, Christian Friedel
Michael Haneke ('Funny Games', 'Code Unknown', etc) does not make films with easy answers. 'The White Ribbon' offers a view of a small pre-WWI German... Read more
The Counterfeiters (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Starring: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach, August Zirner
In pre-WWII Germany, Salomon Sorowitsch is a world-class counterfeiter, being also a Jew he is soon arrested and put in a concentration camp, but as t... Read more