Chef du Cinema: Hungarian Ghoulish, Anyone?

"Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make espresso."

"...Peter Boyle's Hungarian Tofutti Cheese Spread with Herring on Bagel Chips; Supa..."

Oct. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

1945

Hungary's Holocaust culpability unearthed in one small village.

"...by its citizens as well. Those landmark works of Hungarian cinema have found their successor in 1945, a new..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The District!

This animated Hungarian feature is equal parts South Park and Magyar-inflected hip-hop, and an altogether smart, urban riff on Romeo and Juliet.

"...Gauder. There's so much going on in this animated Hungarian feature that if you don't have attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder going..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sunshine

"...movie tells the story of the Sonnenscheins, a Jewish Hungarian family whose experiences mirror the times in which they..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Whole Nine Yards

"...characters are really who they purport to be and Hungarian mobsters from Chicago run around making goulash of their..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Assassination Nation

Dark satire lets social media tear us apart

"...Which is important, because Levinson is going for hyperrealistic. Hungarian cinematographer Marcell Rév puts himself in the top echelons..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Son of Saul

Hungarian Oscar entry finds original way to present a Holocaust drama

"...Life Is Beautiful than are seen here – but Hungarian director László Nemes and actor Géza Röhrig, who plays..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Killing Kasztner

This documentary is about the little-remembered figure Rudolf Israel Kasztner, who negotiated with Adolf Eichmann for the release of 1,700 Jews from Hungary, only to later be castigated for Nazi collaboration.

"...herself into her documentary about Rudolf Israel Kasztner, a Hungarian Jew who negotiated with Final Solution architect Adolf Eichmann..."

May 7, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bab'Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul

In the Tunisian desert, a young girl and her grandfather spin stories of woe, lost love, and religious disenchantment in this trancelike movie.

"...funding from a consortium of Tunisian, French, Iranian, German, Hungarian, and British banks and business conglomerates. Do that and..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Academy Award-Nominated Live Action Shorts 2006

And the Oscar goes to … see the five nominees and judge for yourself.

"...married woman on his route. This film and the Hungarian "Helmer & Son" by Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Academy Award-Nominated Animated Shorts 2006

See this year's five nominees and some additional animated shorts.

"...for a Fantasia sequel that never coalesced. "Maestro" by Hungarian Géza M. Tóth is a reality-based fantasy that takes..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gambler

"...1866 novel The Gambler. A British production helmed by Hungarian director Károly Makk, this English-language movie provides an interesting..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

"...her plumbing sometime,” as well as an elderly, washed-up Hungarian opera diva (Suli) who lives with her foul-mouthed, money-grubbing..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

European Bistro

Eating out … 30 minutes out: MM Pack and Mick Vann review the ethnic fare up north.

"...www.hungariancatering.com..."

May 16, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

European Bistro

At European Bistro, even the schnitzel, sauerkraut, and spaetzle are airy, greaseless, and wholesome

"...sister Anni Zovek, European Bistro serves Czech, French, German, Hungarian, and Russian specialties, but made as you have never..."

April 2, 2010 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Damnation

Béla Tarr's turning point drama lovingly and bleakly restored

"...takes and philosophical themes. A new restoration by the Hungarian National Film Institute premiered at the 2020 New York..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Son of the White Mare

Gorgeous avant garde animation recounts a Hungarian myth

"...levels. That's true for Son of the White Mare, Hungarian animation master Marcell Jankovics' restored obtuse masterpiece. Within its..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Field Guide to Evil

Folk horror anthology has intriguing international scares

"...Duke of Burgundy director Peter Strickland's retelling of the Hungarian fairy tale "The Princess' Curse," about two shoemaking brothers..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

I Spy

"...recent theft of a U.S. spy plane prototype by Hungarian bad guy Arnold Gundars (McDowell, in a generic role..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The One Thing That Even Houdini Couldn’t Escape

Cooking class reveals arcane secrets of chicken paprikash and more

"...Chicken paprikash.Hungarian goulash.Custard bread pudding...."

Oct. 13, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Book of Memories

"...You may think the world needs another 700-page Hungarian novel like you need dental work, but this 700-page..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Books Review by Anna Hanks

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Enigmatic Hungarian drama asks how much we invent our own worlds

"...quite fit with reality? That’s the teased-out theme in Hungarian writer/director Lili Horvát’s Preparations to be Together for an..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Sátántangó

Bela Tarr's marathon exploration of evil and inertia in a small town, gorgeously restored

"...My friend Rachel has me pretty much convinced that Hungarian film director Béla Tarr is the devil. I leave..."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Spencer Parsons

The Prodigy

Childhood possession horror leaves us in two minds

"...dissatisfying blend of danger chords and a single shapeless Hungarian folk song...."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Why not form an opinion instead of guessing what will win?

"...and anxiety over our ever-advancing technology. “Sing,” Kristof Deák’s Hungarian short (if a hair too long at a drawn-out..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

17th Annual Animation Show of Shows

Don Hertzfeldt's “World of Tomorrow” caps this mostly nifty program

"...a vertical-line world in “Stripy,” bouncily choreographed to Brahms’ “Hungarian Dance No. 5” and just as classically composed in..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chicago

The current touring version of this Kander & Ebb musical doesn't deliver much in the way of spectacle

"...from the matronly "Mama" Morton (Carol Woods) to "the Hungarian" (Naomi Kakuk), a woman who speaks no English except..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow

Director Sophie Fiennes gives us this elegant examination of the highly personal artwork of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.

"...Accompanied by the clashing brasses and insistent strings of Hungarian composer György Ligeti, we are taken on a Steadicammed..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Legacy on Trial

AFS Documentary Tour presents Killing Kasztner

"...for her in Killing Kasztner. Rudolph Kasztner was a Hungarian Jew active in the rescue of Jewish refugees from..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Austin Sonata Limits

Bion Tsang and Anton Nel bring a little class(ical) to the Austin City Limits studio

"...Nel: Live in Concert, Brahms Cello Sonatas and Four Hungarian Dances, they approached Peterson about having it in the..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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