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) gems. But ...

But there have been several black-and-white cinematography nominees during the past decade, including The White Ribbon in 2009; The Artist in 2011; and Cold War helmer Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida ...

Lukasz Zal, the cinematographer of the Polish film “Cold War,” shot the film in black and white. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times) By Gregory Ellwood . Nov. 27, 2018 5:30 AM PT .

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.

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. In his ...

The master of black and white imagery, DP Lukasz Zal speaks with Deadline about 'Cold War,' which won him the Silver Frog at Camerimage.

Both films are shot on Alexas in black and white, and both are their distributors’ best hopes for Oscar glory. In August 2017, Amazon acquired “Cold War” via France’s MK2 Films and U.K’s ...

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 ...