The Three Colors trilogy looks more vibrant and mesmerizing than ever.
Kantemir Balagov depicts pain in blunt terms, but he traces the aftershocks of coping and collapse with delicate subtlety.
The 4K-mastered set of Kieślowski’s metaphysically oriented miniseries is Criterion’s release of the year.
The biblical root of the series may suggest didacticism on its face, but whatever morals are advanced are ambivalent.
The film is the indelible fulcrum of Kieślowski’s career as a documentarian and his blossoming as a major arthouse auteur.
Maciej Cuske creates in Old Bookstore a peripheral microcosm, cherishing oddities and withdrawing judgment.
Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors remains a vibrant, mesmerizing experience.
Refracted reflections take center stage in the film, a poetic overture on the power of senses and sensibilities.
One Life, Maybe Two presents the multiple paths a life takes based on the results of one diverging event.
The film is a tough-minded challenge to anyone who believes that parables aim for simplicity and social activism strives for clarity.
From its first frames, A Short Film About Killing exudes a cosmic foreboding.
The radically different and far more redemptive ending makes the film worth seeking out.
Krzysztof Kieślowski’s A Short Film About Love speaks with the tranquility of a parable.
The tagline for Tom Tykwer’s latest could easily read “Krzysztof Kieślowski Rises!”