Tag Archives: Polish cinema

love in times of cold war (Film: Cold War / Zimna wojna – Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018)

Posted on January 22, 2019 by admin

Pawel Pawlikowski continues a tradition of remarkable film directors that left their mark in the history of cinema in the second half of the 20th century and made of the Polish film school one of the best in Eastern Europe, … Continue reading →

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‘Thou shalt not kill’ (Film: A Short Film About Killing – Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988)

Posted on January 8, 2018 by admin

Revisiting the work of Krzysztof Kieslowski is a very special experience, both from a cinematographic and a historical point of view. I have seen the ‘Decalogue’ series almost 30 years ago, and A Short Film About Killing was part of it, … Continue reading →

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the great puppeteer (Film: La double vie de Véronique – Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)

Posted on October 7, 2017 by admin

Seeing the films of Krzysztof Kieslowski is a special experience, now, more than two decades since he stopped making films, and died soon after. The Polish director’s relative short life (he died at the age of 54) and career (less … Continue reading →

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the last Wajda (film: Alfterimage, Andrzej Wajda, 2016)

Posted on October 28, 2016 by admin

It’s very difficult to say Farewell. It’s very difficult to make a Farewell movie. I do not know if Andrzej Wajda knew that ‘Afterimage‘ was to be his last movie. He undertook and involved himself in this film with the same … Continue reading →

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