Max Kolonko is a New York television producer, author, writer, and former U.S. television correspondent for European TVP, TVN, and Panorama.

Blog Entries by Max Kolonko

Lech Walesa to Sue Organizers of the 20th Anniversary of Berlin Wall Collapse?

1 Comments | Posted December 14, 2009 | 01:01 PM (EST)


Lech Walesa, former head of the Polish Solidarity movement, the man who started the domino collapse of the Evil Empire, is considering legal action against the organizers of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

On Nov 9th, moments after Lech Walesa pushed the block of dominoes...

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Posted October 20, 2009 | 03:55 PM (EST)


The American public, which has trouble focusing its attention on ABC's "Eastwick" witches hocus pocus sprinkled with slick CGI graphics, was able to gawk for hours at a silver flying saucer blown up by a hot head from Fort Collins.

We watched, because in truth we all very much wanted...

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Polanski's Pardon? Not So Fast

59 Comments | Posted October 3, 2009 | 02:17 PM (EST)


The climactic scene of Roman Polanski's 1962 classic Knife in the Water leaves the characters torn at the crossroad of their lives. It is ironic that the author of that film masterpiece, Polanski, found himself 32 years ago at such an intersection and made a decision to bail.

It was...

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