Playground, 2021. Written and directed by Laura Wandel. Starring Maya Vanderbeque and Günter Duret. SYNOPSIS: When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children’s and adult’s worlds. The […]
Shaun’s Top 50 Films of 2021
Shaun Munro presents his top 50 films of 2021… And like that, 2021 has come to a close. While hardly heralding cinema’s great return at the box office, the past 12 months have seen the industry inch closer to something approaching “normality,” even as mid-budget films largely seemed to enjoy much greater success streaming at […]
Movie Review – Playground (2016)
Playground, 2016. Written and Directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski. Starring Nicolas Przygoda, Michalina Swistun and Przemyslaw Balinski. SYNOPSIS: A provincial town in Poland. The final day of school. A seemingly normal day in life of three ordinary elementary school students. This day however eventually culminates in shocking and terrifying events. Does a movie need to be enjoyable or […]
Poster and trailer for controversial Polish drama Playground
Ahead of its U.S. release this Friday, Uncork’d Entertainment has unveiled a poster and trailer for writer-director Bartosz M. Kowalski controversial and disturbing drama Playground, which presents a fictionalised account of the shocking 1993 murder of toddler James Bulger. Final day of school in a small Polish town. It’s the very last chance for 12-Year-Old Gabrysia […]
