It’s not often that we get two gorgeous black-and-white movies in the same year. Yet with “Roma” and “Cold War,” we can feast on two very different monochromatic (and digital ...

Now Pawlikowski and Zal have collaborated once again on the Cannes-winning “Cold War,” another film shot in black and white and in the 1:33:1 Academy ratio. And yet, all is not what it seems.

On Cold War, which marked his second collaboration with Pawel Pawlikowski, cinematographer Lukasz Zal built on his rapport with the Polish director to find an exciting new way of working.

Two films shot in black and white this year have been nominated in the Oscar Best Cinematography category: Cold War and Roma. Interestingly, both take place in the past. For Cold War, Oscar ...

In Cold War, the Oscar-nominated film from Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, there is an arresting view of a ruined Byzantine church. Shooting exclusively in black and white and in a more square ...