Václav Marhoul's black-and-white film is an epic portrait of inhumanity in the tradition of "Come and See" and "The Tin Drum." Much has been made of the extreme and unrelenting violence that ...

“The Painted Bird” has been controversial ever since Jerzy Kosinski first published his novel in 1965. The grim story, about a young boy trying to survive in Eastern Europe during WWII, features acts ...

If you think the black-and-white Czech film “The Painted Bird” will fulfill your monthly boring-art quota, just wait until the scene in which a nympho gets it on with a goat! Oh, the movie is ...

An extraordinary piece of filmmaking I hope never to see again, Václav Marhoul’s “The Painted Bird” is a pulverizing movie experience from which one cannot look away. Adapted from Jerzy Kosiński’s ...

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Since it made its debut last year at the Venice Film Festival, Czech filmmaker Vàclav Marhoul’s adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński’s controversial 1965 World War II novel has been tagged as one of the more ...

The German-born actor has carved a niche playing lowlifes, and his demented turn in Czech Republic's Oscar contender "The Painted Bird" is no exception. In “The Painted Bird,” the German actor with ...

The actor explains why the Czech Republic Oscar entry, which features unflinching depictions of wartime horror, tells a timely tale. By Scott Roxborough If there is one film in the international ...

Prague-born writer-director Vaclav Marhoul tosses his hat into the ring with the likes of Bergman, Tarkovsky and Fellini with the Czech Republic Academy Award selection “The Painted Bird,” a ...

Adapted from Jerzy Kosiński’s novel, “The Painted Bird” comes to life through Vàclav Marhoul’s lens. Shot in black and white, the film tells the story of The Boy as he wanders around Eastern European ...

Udo Kier is also lined up to star in the screen adaptation of Polish writer Jerzy Kosinski's controversial novel. By Nick Holdsworth Filming has begun on an adaptation of Polish novelist Jerzy ...