Much has been made of the extreme and unrelenting violence that penetrates almost every scene of Václav Marhoul’s 169-minute “The Painted Bird,” in the grand tradition of “Come and See,” “The Tin Drum ...
Around the third hour or so of “The Painted Bird,” a grueling, pristinely photographed compendium of wartime horrors, the camera unexpectedly alights on a small, precious act of human decency. A ...
An ambitious adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski’s debut novel doesn’t quite translate to the screen. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn ...