Come And Try To Unsee – Film Review: The Painted Bird ★★★★

A few months ago, I reviewed Come And See, a masterful 1985 film which followed a young Soviet boy through the horrors of life during World War II. Clearly influenced by Jerzy Kosinki’s indelible yet discredited 1965 autobiography, the plot centered around a young Eastern European Jewish boy wandering from town to town towards the... Continue Reading →

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All Cacophonous On The Eastern Front – The Queer Rearview: Come And See ★★★★★

We all have gaps in our moviegoing experiences. I’ve never seen It Happened One Night and only very recently did I watch It’s A Wonderful Life. In February, Janus Films released a 2K restoration of Come And See, a Soviet-era film from 1985 which depicts the horrors of World War II from a child’s perspective,... Continue Reading →

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