Re-remembered dolls
Sooner or later, children discover that the gender division (which is obvious, but at the same time mysterious, sometimes irritating, sometimes exciting – depending on what kind of… Czytaj więcej »Re-remembered dolls
Sooner or later, children discover that the gender division (which is obvious, but at the same time mysterious, sometimes irritating, sometimes exciting – depending on what kind of… Czytaj więcej »Re-remembered dolls
Still form Symphony of the Ursus Factory, 2018, dir. Jaśmina Wójcik, courtesy of the director Krzysztof Marciniak: The film is entitled Symphony of the Ursus Factory… Czytaj więcej »Only memories are left, so we sing them. Krzysztof Marciniak in conversation with Jaśmina Wójcik and Dominik Strycharski
What of the future? The future can only be for ghosts. And the past. Jacques Derrida[1] Nicolas Grospierre, Kolorobloki (2006), courtesy of the artist At the turn of the… Czytaj więcej »Haunted Times. Specters in New Polish Cinema and Photography
The remarkable increase of interest in the issues of climate, global warming, and looming ecological disaster causes these tropes to drift into the field of art. Even… Czytaj więcej »Three Ecocritical Voices in Polish Women’s Cinema
The last few years have seen significant generational changes in Polish cinema and the emergence of narratives describing these changes. The subject matter of one of… Czytaj więcej »The Age of Auteurs. Elders’ Cinema and the Twilight of the Polish Masters
My shout is not a matter of tone or vibration, but something not to be explained. It is a shout of pure evil, and there is no place fixed for it on the… Czytaj więcej »The Strength of the Nape of the Neck — Jerzy Skolimowski’s „The Shout”
When your life keeps running away, dear lad, don’t run after it When you’ve spent the last week as if walking in a dream, don’t kid yourself A small… Czytaj więcej »Zdzisław Maklakiewicz as a “Slow and Independent” Actor
When Andrzej Wajda made Everything for Sale (Wszystko na sprzedaż) in 1968, he yet again found himself embroiled in a debate about cinema’s transformation and new paths for its development… Czytaj więcej »Mirrors and Networks. Interlacing Narratives and Narrative Planes in „Everything for Sale” and „Sweet Rush” by Andrzej Wajda
Ewa Mazierska, Poland Daily: Economy, Work, Consumption and Social Class in Polish Cinema, Berghahn Books, New York 2017 Ewa Mazierska’s Poland Daily: Economy, Work, Consumption and… Czytaj więcej »An Alternative History of Polish Cinema – A Review of Ewa Mazierska’s „Poland Daily: Economy, Work, Consumption and Social Class in Polish Cinema”
Communion, dir. Anna Zamecka, poster by Jerzy Gruchot, source: Aurora Films The documentary genre defies a clear definition. What does it mean to you? Karolina Bielawska: Regardless of… Czytaj więcej »Ugly fatty in a hoodie. Karolina Bielawska and Anna Zamecka in conversation with Łukasz Maciejewski