Ryszard Bugajski on his Career

Vol. 68 (October 2016) by Paulina Duda
Polish director Ryszard Bugajski speaks about his long filmmaking career, which took him across the Atlantic and back.

Ryszard Bugajski’s Interrogation (Przesłuchanie, 2016)

Vol. 68 (October 2016) by Paulina Duda
Paulina Duda revisits Ryszard Bugajski's 1982 Interrogation, which was banned until the fall of Communism for its exposure of Stalinism in Poland.

Laila Pakalniņa’s Dawn (Ausma, 2015)

Vol. 66 (Summer 2016) by Paulina Duda
Laila Pakalniņa's political satire Dawn is based on a shelved Eisenstein project and revisits Soviet myths.

Agnieszka Holland’s Total Eclipse (1995)

Vol. 52 (April 2015) by Paulina Duda
Paulina Duda takes a fresh look at Holland's rendering of the love affair between two famous French poets but bemoans the lack of cinematographic poetry in the movie.

Maciej Bochniak’s Disco Polo (2015)

Vol. 52 (April 2015) by Paulina Duda
Paulina Duda criticizes this Polish comedy for copying US-American humor and aesthetics.

Krystyna Gryczełowska’s Documentaries

Vol. 48 (December 2014) by Paulina Duda
Paulina Duda looks at how the director represents the poor under Communism.

Wojciech Smarzowski’s The Mighty Angel (Pod Mocnym Aniołem, 2014)

Vol. 47 (November 2014) by Paulina Duda
Paulina Duda makes a case for Smarzowski's new film and argues that much of the film's credit should go to its editor.