Jerzy Antczak Chopin: Desire for Love 2002, Poland, 134 min, Color MTI Home Video, 2004
Music by Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Pamela Frank, and others
Raymond Bernard The Chess Player 1927, France, 135 min, Black & White Milestone and Image Entertainment, 2003
One of the most fascinating and stylish productions of French silent cinema. Perfect! - The Times, London Beautifully restored… An opulently mounted epic. A masterwork! - Philip French, The Observer
Yurek Bogayevicz Edges of the Lord 2001, USA/Poland, 98 min, Color Miramax, 2005
With Haley Joel Osment, Willem Dafoe, Malgorzata Foremniak & Olaf Lubaszenko; Photography: Pawel Edelman
(Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18)
The Workshop of the Film Form (1970-1977): Early Film Work from Poland 2004, Poland, 60 min, Color and Black & White Electronic Arts Intermix and the Polish Cultural Institute, 2004
DVD and catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition at the EAI, Oct. 12-16, 2004, curated by Galen Joseph Hunter and Lukasz Ronduda
Krzysztof Kieslowski The Double Life of Veronique 1991, Poland/France/Norway, 97 min, Color The Criterion Collection, 2006
BEST OVERALL DVD, BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE as well as BEST COMMENTARY TRACK in the Annual Awards of DVDMovieCentral.com
A mesmerizing poetic work composed in an eerie minor key – Hal Hinson, Washington Post, 1991
Roman Polanski Knife in the Water 1962, Poland, 94 min, Black & White The Criterion Collection, 2003
Top-quality restoration, with interviews and early shorts
Roman Polanski Repulsion 1965, United Kingdom, 105 min, Black & White The Criterion Collection, 2009
This is possibly one of the finest of psychological shockers, and its DVD release is a cause for celebration. – Paper magazine
The first installment of what would become known as Polanski’s “apartment-house trilogy” (to be followed by Rosemary’s Baby and The Tenant), Repulsion – which Kenneth Tynan once called “Psycho” turned inside out – is an unforgettable, claustrophobic haunted-house story in which the haunting might be coming from within.
Zbigniew Rybczynski Films and Videos by Zbig Rybczynski 2006, 72 min, Color and Black & White Microcinema, 2006
Three volumes
Jerzy Stuhr The Big Animal 2000, Poland, 72 min, Black & White New Yorker Video, 2006
Screenplay: Krzysztof Kieslowski
A marvelous film! Charming! - A.O. Scott, New York Times Remarkably sweet… You've never seen anything quite so hilarious - or magnificent! - Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
Andrzej Wajda Everything for Sale 1968, Poland, 94 min, Color MGE, 2003
Andrzej Wajda Landscape After Battle 1970, Poland, 101 min, Color MGE, 2003
Andrzej Wajda Promised Land 1974, Poland, 138 min, Color MGE, 2003
Director's cut
Andrzej Wajda Young Girls of Wilko 1979, Poland/France, 118 min, Color MGE, 2003
Andrzej Wajda Ashes and Diamonds 1958, Poland, 105 min, Black & White Polart, 2003
Critics' Prize - Venice Film Festival "Shattering!" – New York Times
"One of the greatest films of all time!" - Peter Keough of The Boston Phoenix
"[A] taut thriller!" – Variety
"Brilliantly conceived and directed!" - New York Times
Andrzej Wajda Canal 1957, Poland, 96 min, Black & White Polart, 2003
Special Jury Prize - Cannes Film Festival "One of the best!" - Films in Review "Touching!" – New York Times "Hallucinating!" - Variety
