In times of war, and times of refugees risking their lives for lives to call their own, the distance between life and death can be measured in the length of a human hand, reaching out. “Green Border,” ...

A still from director Agnieszka Holland's film "Green Border." (Agata Kubis/Kino Lorber) There was a point pretty early on in director Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border” when I wondered how much more ...

Warsaw's right-wing government has attacked Agnieszka Holland's award-winning drama, which highlights the plight of refugees on the Polish-Belarusian border. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief ...

The acclaimed, three-time Oscar nominee has been the target of attacks by Poland's right-wing government, which has compared her new refugee drama to "Nazi propaganda." By Scott Roxborough Europe ...

Agnieszka Holland focuses on the Polish-Belarusian border as a Syrian family tries to make it to the European Union. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

The luckless souls inhabiting Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border” have little light in their eyes. A grim drama about Europe’s refugee crisis (a subject that’s been explored in equally ...

Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border opens on a wide shot of an endless stretch of trees — the densely forested, almost primeval zone marking the boundary between Belarus and Poland where much of the film ...

The film weaves together several narratives, all converging on the treacherous “green border” between the two European countries. First and foremost is the story of a tight-knit Syrian family, fleeing ...

Agnieszka Holland's film, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, centers on a refugee family trying to escape to Western Europe and the people who try to help and stop them.

Editor’s Note: This review was published during the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Kino Lorber releases “Green Border” in select theaters Friday, June 21, 2024. If you’ve seen “Europa Europa,” the ...

October, 2021, a plane bound for Belarus. Among the passengers are a Syrian couple, Bashir (Jalal Altawil) and Amina (Dalia Naous), who are travelling with their three children and Bashir’s father ...

The Polish multiple Oscar nominee co-writes and directs a gripping account of the inhumanity and depravity that ensues when those fleeing persecution are made political pawns. The GPS on Leila’s phone ...