ESSENTIAL EASTERN EUROPE

Most Essential first, the rest in year order.

Taking the region as the old (non-Soviet) Communist Eastern bloc. For Greece, Dimitris’ list Greece of Cinephile Dreams. I’ve done lists on Essential Hungarian Films, Albania, Poland and The Czechoslovakian New Wave, which was a tremendous achievement in the 60s. The talk this millennium was of the Romanian “New Wave” but there are many earlier treasures from that country too. See also lists of Bulgarian and Balkans films, Mario Gaborovic’s list Ex Yugoslavia, Bobby Wise’s list Yugoslav Black Wave and Dzimas’ list The Fabulous World of Eastern...