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Tajne przez poufne (2008)

Sensationally droll & black & worldly, "Burn" is simply the best pic I've seen fr US in 20 years. But then, I'm eccentric. The NY critics razzed pic, so I dismissed unseen, alas alack, forgetting that

Jak zostać królem (2010)

Oscar voters like actors who play the 'afflicted.' So, shoo-in Colin Firth. Here's a rote BBC period piece about a king who stutters and, hey, doodie, WW2 is approaching! Ya got rid of Nazi-symp brud

The Social Network (2010)

An odious but smart li'l creep cheats and steals his way into the ownership of the FACEBOOK site. The setting is Harvard where the Big Steal happened a few years ago and director David Fincher keeps

Wszystko w porządku (2010)

From Hollywood, shoveling out monsters, guns, special DEfects and the cartoon brands, comes are ya ready? -- an adult movie. And, still there? It's doing excellent biz. For sweaty New Yorkers, "The Kids.."

'A Single Man'

This Ford is an Edsel.

Kradzież na South Street (1953)

"He's as shifty as smoke, but I love him," says the stoolie Thelma Ritter (Oscar-nominated role) about petty criminal Richard Widmark in Sam Fuller's spare and zippo-fast espionager made during the

Schody (2004)

A spellbinding documentary of a true crime from a French team led by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. The 2-disc film, titled "The Staircase" in US, focuses on the mysterious death of a wealthy married woman

Rzeźnik (1970)

A critic on Cahiers du Cinema, Claude Chabrol was the first among Cahiers scribes to make a pic and then produce for Godard, Rivette and Rohmer. A filmmaker now for 50 years, he has made as many movies.

'Paris' (2009)

The Grand Masters of the Grand French 'New Wave' are dead or wearing trusses... and who are the French newbies? Dir. Cedric Klapisch is not one of 'em, you can be sure of that. This croissant got comme

Daj, proszę (2010)

US indie from Nicole Holofcener is getting 'adult' attn in NY & LA as a bittersweet 'dramedy' -- without special defects or a comic book brand -- yes, a rarity today fr Hollyfools. An excellent cast