Some period films come across as homages to classics of the past, while others play perilously on the edge of imitation. “Budapest Noir” definitely falls in the latter category, channeling any number of noir films, including “Chinatown,” with the usual stock figures: hard-boiled investigative reporter, femme fatale, corrupt officials, sleazy underbelly, and an urban landscape used as if it’s one of the main characters. It’s a tried-and-true formula, but to make it work there needs to be more than an ounce of originality, which editor-turned-director Éva Gárdos (“An American Rhapsody”) has a hard time locating in either András Szekér’s script or her own direction. Instead, the movie feels like the pilot for a period detective series, which might not be far from the truth since Vilmos Kondor’s novel launched fictional newshound Zsigmond Gordon as a recurring character.
As a fairly anodyne mystery, the film can be...
As a fairly anodyne mystery, the film can be...
- 6/21/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
By Alex DeleonRéka Tenki, a hot new presence on the Hungarian film scene in an authentic Hungarian film noir with a kosher twist.
At the 2017 Berlinale, Tenki was named one of Variety’s “10 Europeans to Watch” and was seen in Ildiko Enyedi’s acclaimed On Body and Soul (Golden Bear winner and Hungary’s entry as Best Foreign Language Film for the Oscars). See interview with Réka Tenki here.
Réka Tenki
Budapest Noir is a murder mystery set in the German influenced Budapest of 1936 with Antisemitism on the rise. Superbly directed, acted, and beautifully lensed by master cinematographer Elemér Ragály. This is by far the best Hungarian film of the year in what has been a very good year for Magyar cinema generally. In terms of genre the very first film of its kind from this country and an eye opener of the first order.
Zsigmond Gordon (Krisztián Kolovratnik) is...
At the 2017 Berlinale, Tenki was named one of Variety’s “10 Europeans to Watch” and was seen in Ildiko Enyedi’s acclaimed On Body and Soul (Golden Bear winner and Hungary’s entry as Best Foreign Language Film for the Oscars). See interview with Réka Tenki here.
Réka Tenki
Budapest Noir is a murder mystery set in the German influenced Budapest of 1936 with Antisemitism on the rise. Superbly directed, acted, and beautifully lensed by master cinematographer Elemér Ragály. This is by far the best Hungarian film of the year in what has been a very good year for Magyar cinema generally. In terms of genre the very first film of its kind from this country and an eye opener of the first order.
Zsigmond Gordon (Krisztián Kolovratnik) is...
- 3/2/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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