Category: Director
Filmotomy Podcast 63: Krzysztof Kieślowski
It is just Bianca and Robin on this kind of special edition podcast, all about the late, great Krzysztof Kieślowski. As our 10 Days of…
Bee's Kieślowski Diary: Three Colours: Red
I have finally reached the end of Krzysztof Kieślowski‘s Three Colours Trilogy, and I feel slightly sad to finish it. I feel slightly more sad,…
Bee's Kieślowski Diary: Three Colours: White
The next stage in the Three Colours trilogy is White, which is about equality. If Blue was an anti-tragedy, then we can best describe White as…
Bee's Kieślowski Diary: Three Colours: Blue
Do you recall at the start of this year when I happened to mention my New Year’s resolution? Well, Kieślowski’s Three Colours Trilogy was something…
10 Days of Krzystof Kieślowski: A Short Film About Love
A certain intimacy must be displayed in any given romantic movie. Everything from Before Sunset to Punch-Drunk Love to Casablanca has a closeness that ties…
Masterpiece Memo: Trois couleurs: Rouge / Trzy kolory: Czerwony / Three Colours: Red (1994), Krzysztof Kieślowski)
Family Plot, Eyes Wide Shut, A Prairie Home Companion, F For Fake, Gertrud, Not Yet, Saraband… Whilst the final films of major directors tend to…
Bee's Kieślowski Diary: A Short Film about Killing
As you may remember, last year I kept a diary of the Ingmar Bergman films I was watching. I have decided to keep a diary…
The Female Gaze: Great Film Moments Directed by Women
We have all heard of the term ‘male gaze’ (termed by the feminist sociologist Laura Mulvey), which is often used to describe how the camera…
Psychology Of Film Diagnosis: Three Colors Blue
Blue, the first in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors trilogy, tells the story of a ghost musician, Julie, who is caught in a grieving cycle after…
Around the World in 80 Films: The Double Life of Veronique
For this latest installment of the Around The World in 80 Films journey, I have decided to visit Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Double Life of Veronique….
10 Days of Krzysztof Kieślowski: Films and TV 1975-1989
Krzysztof Kieślowski would return to television a decade after Personnel (1975) with a seminal, stunning Dekalog, the Polish series of 10 one-hour episodes, Binge it, I…
10 Days of Krzysztof Kieślowski: Documentaries and Shorts 1966-1980
Wednesday 13th March 2019 will mark 23 years since the passing of one of cinema’s greatest film-makers – and one who deserved that tag without…
For Your Consideration: Spike Lee, Best Director for BlacKkKlansman
Lee’s gotta have it! I will probably not be watching the Oscars this year, but I will probably be looking at updates on who is…
For Your Consideration: Pawel Pawlikowski, Best Director for Cold War
Like Roma, Cold War is a deeply personal film for its director, Pawel Pawlikowski. Cold War tells the somewhat tragic romantic tale of musicians Zula…
