To satisfy all three intended audiences—film teachers, students, and cinephiles—Goscilo and Holmgren selected critically acclaimed films and films that elicited the liveliest discussions in the courses they taught at their respect universities…. The sophisticated close analyses of the films are interspersed with pertinent information about the films' directors and actors and the reception of the films both nationally and internationally. The book is a welcome addition to the existing corpus of Polish film studies scholarship. It will be a great resource not only for scholars but also for lovers of Polish cinema. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.

Choice Reviews

This book is a valuable source for researchers and is a delightful read for anybody interested in Poland.

Elzbieta Ostrowska, University of Alberta

This is another brilliant study by Goscilo and Holmgren, exquisitely researched and written with verve, insight, and sparkling analysis. Scholars, students, and movie lovers will make many discoveries from the dozens of contemporary Polish films examined in depth and their transnational explorations of gender, genre, religion, migration, crime, family, Jewish life, and same-sex love. This is a remarkable contribution to film studies and to our understanding of Polish art and society after 1989.

Andrea Lanoux, Connecticut College