Andrzej Wajda

  • Interviews

Nailing the Low-Budget English Period Piece: Director William Oldroyd on His Startling Debut, Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth is a thriller masquerading as a period piece, and first-time feature director William Oldroyd has reinvented the genre…

7 years ago
  • Other

A Tale of Truth and Darkness: An Appreciation of Andrzej Wajda’s Kanał

On April 20, the late Andrzej Wajda’s Kanał, a landmark of Polish cinema and a universally acclaimed masterpiece, celebrates its…

7 years ago
  • Directing

Exiled, Then Exalted: Agnieszka Holland on Communist Censorship, the Holocaust, House of Cards and Spoor

She left Poland twice: first when she went to study at the Film and TV School of the Academy of…

7 years ago
  • Other

Turning Censorship Into Symbolism: How State Censorship Defined and Strengthened Post-War Polish Cinema

Under censorship’s nefarious grip, cinema becomes not just a driver of social justice but a sophisticated tool of oppression. There…

7 years ago
  • Crossing the Line

Crossing the Line: Andrzej Wajda, Pioneer of the Personal and Political in Polish Cinema (1926—2016)

Andrzej Wajda, the powerhouse purveyor of Polish cinema with a celebrated knack for devastating depictions of war-torn Europe, passed away…

8 years ago