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FILM REFLECTIONS OF AGNIESZKA AND PAWEŁ

In the Dark Cinema

Cinema that does not give easy answers. Films that are disturbing, provocative and leave the viewer with questions long after the screening is over.

We do not write classic reviews. We look at the atmosphere, symbols, psychology of the characters and emotions that the film leaves in the body and memory. We combine the personal perspective of a person on the spectrum with psychological commentary.

Read texts by directors Directors of the series Suggest a video After the Lights Go Out WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT - DEMO ROOM 13 - DEMO

There is a moment in the cinema when silence falls,
and the images begin to speak their own language.

That's where we meet most often.

We invite you to "In the Dark Cinema".
Agnieszka and Paweł

ABOUT THE CYCLE

Film as a psychological experience

Symbols and emotions

We are interested not only in the plot, but also in what the film triggers beneath the surface of the story.

Spectrum perspective

We pay attention to overload, fear, masking, relationships, the need for control and the experience of exclusion.

Psychological commentary

Paweł looks at mental mechanisms, trauma, memory, guilt, bonds and human boundaries.

ARTISTS PRESENT IN THE SERIES

Directors and their filmographies

For each creator, we first list the films already discussed in the series, and then the rest of the director's filmography. The lists include films, series, miniseries and short films directed by a given person. They do not include acting, screenplays, productions, music videos or commercials.

Lars von Trier

Danish creator of provocative cinema, exploring suffering, religion, sacrifice, morality, shame and the limits of the human psyche.

Other directorial filmography

Orchidégartneren / The Orchid Gardener (1977)
Menthe – la bienheureuse (1979)
Nocturne (1980)
Befrielsesbilleder / Images of Liberation (1982)
Forbrydelsens element / The Element of Crime (1984)
Epidemic (1987)
Medea (1988, TV film)
Europe (1991)
Dimension (1991–2024, project unfinished)
D-Dag (2000, television project)
De fem benspænd / The Five Obstructions (2003, co-director)
Manderlay (2005)
Direktøren for det hele / The Boss of It All (2006)
Riget Exodus / Kingdom: Exodus (2022)

David Lynch

A surrealist director whose cinema moves between dream, nightmare, grotesque and the disintegration of seemingly ordinary reality.

Other directorial filmography

Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times) (1967)
The Alphabet (1968)
The Grandmother (1970)
The Amputee (1974)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Dune (1984)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Industrial Symphony No. 1 (1990)
Twin Peaks (1990–1991; selected episodes)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Hotel Room (1993; selected episodes)
Lost Highway (1997)
The Straight Story (1999)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rabbits (2002)
Inland Empire (2006)
More Things That Happened (2007)
Boat (2007)
Absurdity (2007)
Lady Blue Shanghai (2010)
Idem Paris (2013)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
What Did Jack Do? (2017)

Ari Aster

The creator of contemporary psychological horror, telling the story of family trauma, grief, fear, dependency and a crumbling sense of security.

Other directorial filmography

Herman's Cure-All Tonic (2008)
TDF Really Works (2011)
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)
Beau (2011)
Munchausen (2013)
Basically (2014)
The Turtle's Head (2014)
C'est La Vie (2016)
Eddington (2025)

Hideo Nakata

One of the most important creators of J-Horror. He builds horror from silence, the memory of places, loneliness and the feeling that the past has not been closed.

Takashi Shimizu

The creator of one of the most recognizable worlds of Japanese horror, in which the curse does not end with death and does not respect the classic logic of cause and effect.

Takashi Miike

One of Japan's most prolific and unpredictable directors, combining violence, the grotesque, psychological discomfort and formal experimentation.

Masayuki Ochiai

A Japanese horror film director, using the motifs of memory, guilt, photography and the presence of what the characters would not like to see.

Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang

The Pang brothers combine supernatural horror with the theme of perception, identity, and the question of whether being able to see more really means a better understanding of the world.

Kim Jee-woon

A South Korean director moving between horror, thriller and psychological drama. In his cinema, horror often grows out of memory, guilt and family secrets.

James Wan

Creator of contemporary mainstream horror, building tension through space, family, haunting and a sense of violated boundaries of a safe home.

Michael Chaves

A director associated with contemporary American supernatural horror, using the motifs of curse, family and danger permeating everyday life.

Mike Flanagan

Creator of emotional horror, in which ghosts are both real phenomena and the language of storytelling about grief, trauma, memory, family and loss.

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