European Cinema

Film protagonist Krzysztof Ciupa's acting performance and the movie's score are the strong points of the Polish film "Torn".

Rebellion, friendship, confusion and the inevitable loss of one's innocence – all motifs one expects to see in a rite-of-passage film -- are present in Star Boys.

A family is suddenly torn apart from a horrific disaster which takes away the life of one parent and leaves the surviving one and the teenage son trying to piece together their shattered lives.

A young boy finds a gun, shoots a friend by accident and, scared, runs away while the police and the US army seek him out.

Playground follows a pre-teen girl, her crush, and his best friend as they go through their relatively uneventful lives. But it's a shocking, tumultuous finale that is the all the talk about this film.

A pleasant cinematic experience well worth one's time, Grand Hotel is a must see.

Visually beautiful and well-acted, Heartstone is a poignant film that earns the highest recommendation.

Three young Norwegian girls deal with peer pressure and expectations of "normality", in The Color of Milk, a typical character based Coming-of-Age drama with romance nuances.

A powerful Coming-of-Age drama exposing one of the horrible crimes of the Nazi regime and its inhumanity as told through the eyes of a young boy.

Gips is a bitter-sweet Coming-of-Age cocktail of youthful experiences. Recommended!

An enchanting story with first-rate acting that is, quite simply, a cinematic masterpiece.