Václav Marhoul's muscular, savagely realized Jerzy Kosiński adaptation puts an unnamed Jewish boy through a challenging litany of Holocaust horrors. Anyone depending on the kindness of strangers is ...

Graphic depictions of traumatic violence (eye-gouging with a spoon) and sexual depravity (don’t ask) had a good percentage of the audience sprinting for the exits when The Painted Bird premiered at ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Czech filmmaker Václav Marhoul discusses his controversial Holocaust-set drama, why it’s less violent than “Joker,” and how his upcoming Joseph McCarthy movie ...

In recent years, I’ve noticed the emergence of a new strain of films centered around the Holocaust. It began in 2015 with Hungarian director László Nemes’ disorienting Son of Saul, which played around ...

Young actor Petr Kotlar and director Vaclav Marhoul at the 76 Venice International Film Festival 2019. (photo credit: Marco Piraccini/Archivio Marco Piraccini/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) ...

Adapted from Jerzy Kosiński’s novel, “The Painted Bird” comes to life through Vàclav Marhoul’s lens. Shot in black and white, the film tells the story of The Boy as he wanders around Eastern European ...

Exclusive: Václav Marhoul’s film prompted walkouts during last year's fall festival season, but this extended first clip offers a brief respite from its violence. There’s always one film that stirs up ...

“The Painted Bird” has been controversial ever since Jerzy Kosinski first published his novel in 1965. The grim story, about a young boy trying to survive in Eastern Europe during WWII, features acts ...