Tag: Pawel Pawlikowski

Film review: ‘COLD WAR’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed”

Anyone who saw Pawel Pawlikowski’s magnificent 2012 film Ida would be eagerly awaiting his latest release, Cold War and they definitely won’t be disappointed. Pawlikowski’s film’s pay obvious homage to new wave Polish cinema of the 1950’s but still have a wonderfully distinct style and tone with their stunning black and white cinematography and exquisite images contrasted with flawed, even

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Film review: IDA, from Built For Speed

Despite its meagre budget, the superbly shot, powerfully acted Polish drama Ida is one of the finest films so far this year.  Set in the 1960’s, this story of faith, family, guilt and grief, bitterly reflects on a turbulent period in Poland’s post-war history. Like the recent Philomena, Ida sees a naive religious woman takes to the road with a

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