Tag: Cinema of the Czech Republic
Caravan | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
All About My Martyr: Kirchnerová’s Debut Finds the Journey is the Destination
For her directorial debut, “Caravan,” Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová weaves autobiographical elements into...
Ordinary Failures | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
It’s Only the End of the World: Groșan Navigates a Triptych of Displaced Women in Pre-Apocalyptic Intersection
What’s perhaps most fitting about the commonalities between...
Havel | 2020 Warsaw International Film Festival Review
Polarizing Play: Horák’s Questionable Take on the Hero of the Velvet Revolution
Covering the personal timeline of any major politician would be a daunting task...
The Painted Bird | Review
Cruel Intentions: Marhoul Razes & Repulses in Torturous, Ambitious WWII Saga
Czech actor/director Václav Marhoul mounts a sadistic nightmare of Holocaust horrors via his third...
