Truth is stodgier than fiction in Szabolcs Hajdu's visually impressive "Bibliotheque Pascal." Hajdu, who came to the fore with the intricate and riveting sports drama “White Palms,” here ups the ante ...

film profile], which tells the ugly and horrible story of a woman sold into prostitution as if it were a dark fairy tale. In both instances, on the surface, the scenes seem to be about putting on a ...

The fourth feature by Hungarian writer-director Szabolcs Hajdu has become a creative train-wreck of epic proportions -- easily one of the worst films in this year's generally substandard Berlinale. By ...

Szabolcs Hajdu’s latest received the Golden Reel award on Monday as the annual showcase of local cinema came to a close. Bibliothèque Pascal, which screens next week at the Berlinale Forum, concerns a ...

As she wraps up the 60th Berlinale, Meredith Brody sits down to three squares in one day and remembers her mantra: “We must really love movies.” Usually at one point during a festival one hits a wall ...

Candidat hongrois aux Oscars, Bibliothèque Pascal a dominé le 41e Hungarian Film Week. Sombre et pessimiste, ce 4e long métrage de Szabolcs Hajdu suit Mona, Roumaine d'origine hongroise, mère malgré ...

The plethora of excesses on show in Szabolcs Hajdu’s Bibliothèque Pascal may prove too daunting for some, given the handful of walkouts and chorus of 'WTFs?" in the foyer post-MIFF screening. But only ...