Row House Cinema Nov. 1-2, 2025
4115 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Saturday Nov.1, 2025
Tickets are available at the movie theaters website & box office
https://rowhousecinemas.com/lawrenceville/
Time: 1:30 Trains (Pociągi) Dir. Maciej J. Drygas 1 h 21 min. In English
One of the most acclaimed documentaries of 2025. Crafted entirely from archival footage from film archives around the world. A collective, mesmerizing portrait of people in 20th century Europe, capturing their hopes, desires, dramas, and tragedies. In this wordless film, full of beauty, the excitement of adventure becomes a curse, and tears of joy mingle with the pain of despair.“Trains,” the new dialogue-free “found footage” documentary (…) is one of the most original pieces of movie-making you’re likely to run across.(Documentary Review).
Winner of the Best Film and Best Edit at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2024.
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Time: 3:30 The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival
Life of renowned Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka from 1920s Paris rise to stardom, move to US fleeing fascism in 1940, and revival in current art market, through powerful paintings depicting high society, nudes, and her lifestyle.
2024 Dir. Julie Rubio 1h 36m documentary
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Time: 6:00 Chopin, a Sonata in Paris (Chopin, Chopin) 2025 Dir. Michał Kwieciński 2h 13 m
Polish and French with subtitles
Paris, 1835. Frederic Chopin is 25 years old and a favorite of Parisian salons, aristocracy and the King of France. No significant event can take place without his participation. Chopin navigates high society, performing concerts, teaching for income while battling illness. He composes masterpieces, attends parties, pursues romance amid aristocratic and royal circles.
Followed the movie, there will be a small reception at lower level of the theater with food from Apteka, drinks by The Row House Cinema. Ticket prices for this movie include the reception event.
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Sunday Nov. 2, 2025
Time: 3:00 Vinci 2004 director Juliusz Machulski 1h 48m
Crime comedy, Polish with subtitles.
After three years in prison, notorious art thief is freed and ready for his biggest robbery yet, a daring da Vinci heist. But his former partner, now a cop, will do anything to stop him. Gruby, a guy who got him released, commissions Cuma to steal Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” for a wealthy art collector, and immediately gathers the crew.
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Time: 5:30 Franz 2025 Dir. Agnieszka Holland 2h7m
The Czech-Polish-German with subtitles
The biographical drama, which explores the life and inner world of writer Franz Kafka .In order to surmount the challenges the facts present his biopic-makers, Holland and the team have opted to create a kaleidoscopic montage film that flits like a fevered mind around the subject’s life and beyond, leaping decades with a single cut. Won Silver Lion at 50th annual Gdynia Film Festival; also earned honors for German actor Idan Weiss for best actor in a leading role, Polish cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk for best cinematography.
Poland’s official Oscar submission for the Academy Awards in 2026
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Harris Theater Nov. 8-9, 2025
809 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Saturday Nov. 8, 2025
Tickets will be available at the movie theaters website & box office
https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visit/facilities/harris-theater
Time: 5:00 Last Expedition (Ostatnia wyprawa) directed by Eliza Kubarska 2024
1h 20min documentary. Polish with subtitles
Wanda Rutkiewicz was long regarded as the most famous female mountaineer in the world. The first woman in the world and the first person from Poland to climb the highest peaks on earth. Filmmaker and climber Eliza Kubarska sets off to the Himalayas, retraces the extraordinary life and mysterious disappearance of Rutkiewicz in this breathtaking documentary. The clue to the search is the heroine’s audio diary found among a pile of archival materials.
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7:00 Minghun directed by Jan P. Matuszyńsk 2024 1h 34 min
Polish with subtitles
Refers to a Chinese ghost marriage, a ritual where a deceased person marries another deceased person, often performed to prevent a spirit from feeling lonely in the afterlife.
Jurek is a widower who is devoted to his teenage daughter Masia. Though they live in Poland, Masia observes the traditions of her late Chinese mother. When Masia unexpectedly dies, Jurek’s Chinese father-in-law Ben travels to Poland to help lay her to rest and with the intent to perform a “minghun,” Jan P. Matuszyński’s Minghun is a sensitive exploration of cross-cultural understanding, and a beautiful portrait of two men brought together by shared grief, love, and family.
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Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025
Time: 2:30 Sparrow – directed by Tomasz Gassowski 2024 1h 46 min
Polish with subtitles
Remek Wróbel (Jacek Borusinski, winner of the Best Actor prize at the 2024 Polish Film Festival) lives a simple and unremarkable life. He works as a mailman, plays on an amateur football team, and reads the encyclopedia for fun. When he learns that his long-estranged grandfather is still alive, and an alluring new neighbor moves in next door, Remek’s solitary life begins to turn in an entirely new direction.
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Time: 5:00 Vinci 2 directed by Juliusz Machulski 2025 1 h 59min
Polish with subtitles
A former art thief is enjoying retirement on the Andalusian coast when an old acquaintance visits with a tempting proposal: one last heist in Poland. Featuring an all-star cast including Robert Więckiewicz, Marcin Dorociński, Łukasz Simlat and Borys Szyc, it is a stylish, high stakes heist movie with blend of humor, suspense and clever twists.
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