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Mateusz Demski

is a film critic and journalist. He spends his free time expanding his ever-growing collection of Star Wars gadgets.
Too Close to Midnight
Art + Stories
Art

Too Close to Midnight

Israeli visual artist Yael Bartana talks about the prospect of women ruling the world, patriarchal norms, and her new film “Two Minutes to Midnight”.
Mateusz Demski
The Dream Factory on the Vltava
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Dream Factory on the Vltava

Barrandov Studios is the largest film studio in the Czech Republic. Today, it is used for blockbuster Hollywood productions, but how did it all begin?
Mateusz Demski
War Is a Male Game
Art + Stories
Art

War Is a Male Game

Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić talks about her film “Quo Vadis, Aida?”, the Srebrenica massacre, and why women’s perspectives of war are important.
Mateusz Demski
Halik’s Many Faces
Art + Stories
Experiences, Opinions

Halik’s Many Faces

Marcin Borchardt, director of the documentary film “Tony Halik”, talks about myths and realities across the life of one of Poland’s most loved journalists.
Mateusz Demski
Understanding the Chukchi
World + People
Nature

Understanding the Chukchi

Maciej Cuske, director of the documentary “The Whale From Lorino”, talks about the Far East region of Chukotka, the influence of the USSR on the Chukchi people, and how our fight against nature is doomed to fail.
Mateusz Demski
All That Jazz in Me
Art + Stories
Experiences

All That Jazz in Me

Polish actor Joanna Kulig talks about her love of jazz music, balancing her personal and professional life, and her role in the Netflix miniseries “The Eddy”.
Mateusz Demski
A Matter of Life and Death
Art + Stories
Art

A Matter of Life and Death

Some Polish films make you lose the will to live, whereas other Czech films help you embrace life anew. These two neighbours couldn’t be any more different.
Mateusz Demski
We Are All Parasites
Art + Stories
Fiction

We Are All Parasites

Bong Joon-ho talks about inequality, violence and the family in his latest film, the Oscar-winning black comedy “Parasite”.
Mateusz Demski
Truth and Fictions
Art + Stories

Truth and Fictions

Agnieszka Holland talks about her new film “Mr. Jones”, and how we find ourselves at a timely moment for a story about a journalist uncovering brutal facts amid perfidious misdirection.
Mateusz Demski