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‘Chica Checa’ Review: Šimon Holý’s Karlovy Vary Competition Entry Is Worthy but Clumsy
Momentous events such as the sale of the family home, a young man coming out to his family, or the staging of a drag performance in a…
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Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright to Be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche and Jeffrey Wright, and cinematographer Robert Richardson will be honored at the 60th Karlovy Vary…
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North American Rights for ‘Broken Voices’ Acquired by Sumerian (EXCLUSIVE)
Sumerian Pictures has acquired North American rights to the Czech drama “Broken Voices,” setting plans for a theatrical release this year.…
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‘Before/After’ Review: A Hair Transplant Bonds Two Vulnerable Men in a Subtle, Sensitive Queer Drama
To anyone who has lately travelled to Istanbul, it’s a familiar if disconcerting sight. Hordes of men strolling nonchalantly around the…
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‘Madly’ Review: The Brain Behind Italy’s Popular ‘Perfect Strangers’ Hatches Another High-Concept Comedy
Of Paolo Genovese’s 2016 Italian phenom “Perfect Strangers,” the original Variety review warned “remakes will be rampant,” and sure…
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‘Christy’ Review: Brothers Estranged by the Care System Rebuild Their Bond in a Moving Irish Crowdpleaser
The gray suburban fringes of Cork’s Northside region are gradually colored with hope in “Christy,” an old-fashioned coming-of-age…
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Hermit Twins – and a Talking Cow – Share Life and Poetry in Miro Remo’s Karlovy Vary Winner ‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’
A hybrid, a drama, a fairy tale and a documentary – even Slovak director Miro Remo doesn’t know how to define Karlovy Vary Film Festival…
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Miro Remo’s ‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’ Triumphs at Karlovy Vary as Stellan Skarsgard Picks Up Crystal Globe
Miro Remo’s hybrid doc “Better Go Mad in the Wild” picked up Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s Grand Prix on Saturday – and $25,000, shared by…
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Pere Vilà Barceló Shows the Aftermath of Rape – and ‘Long, Complex’ Journey Toward Healing – in ‘When a River Becomes the Sea’
Catalan filmmaker Pere Vilà Barceló talks about rape in “When a River Becomes the Sea.” But he never, ever intended to show it. “We’re…
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‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’ Review: Twin Brothers Love, Hate and Live Off the Land in an Enchanting Czech Original
Dense with tall, light-swallowing spruce trees and rooted in sodden, fertile ground, the Šumava Forest along the Czech-German border looks…
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Agnieszka Holland on Bringing Kafka Back to Life With ‘Playful’ Biopic ‘Franz’: ‘I Don’t Like the Cliché of Kafka Being Dark, Moody and Depressed’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Agnieszka Holland, the director of Oscar nominated films like “Angry Harvest,” “Europa Europa” and “In Darkness,” has completed post on…
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Sex, Lies and Nordic Privilege: Norway’s Nina Knag and Pia Tjelta Reveal Uncomfortable Truths About the Refugee Crisis in ‘Don’t Call Me Mama’
Norwegian director Nina Knag exposes dirty secrets in “Don’t Call Me Mama,” premiering at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. “I was doing…
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‘The Visitor’ Review: A Searching Lithuanian Character Study Caught Between the Peace of Solitude and the Pang of Loneliness
You can’t go home again, as Thomas Wolfe famously told us, and the drifting, dawdling protagonist of “The Visitor” knows it all too well.…
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‘April’ Director Dea Kulumbegashvili Says Freedom of Expression Is Under Threat, Claims ‘There Is No Way to Make Films in Georgia at the Moment’
Attending the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this week, the Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili, whose sophomore feature “April” received…
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Josh O’Connor Goes Full Cowboy in ‘Rebuilding’ as Director Max Walker-Silverman Takes on Life After the Fires: ‘Loss Often Comes With Love’
British star Josh O’Connor dons a cowboy hat and heads to Colorado in Max Walker-Silverman’s tender drama “Rebuilding,” alongside Meghann…
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Agnieszka Holland Prepares ‘Rabbit Garden,’ Based on the Rise and Fall of Jerzy Kosinski (EXCLUSIVE)
Agnieszka Holland, the director of Oscar nominated films like “Angry Harvest,” “Europa Europa” and “In Darkness,” has a new project.…
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‘Broken Voices’ Revisits Infamous Sexual Abuse Case That Shook Czech Republic: ‘If Anything Happens to You, Please Tell Someone’
Based on the true story of the Bambini di Praga choir and the sexual abuse case that shook the Czech Republic, “Broken Voices” goes to…
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Dakota Johnson Is Getting Ready to Shoot Directorial Feature Debut, Says She ‘Can’t Waste Time on Toxic Sets Anymore’
“Madame Web” star Dakota Johnson, in town at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival where she is set to receive the event’s prestigious…
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Michael Douglas Has ‘No Intention’ of Returning to Acting, Says U.S. Idealism ‘Does Not Exist Now’: ‘People Are Going Into Politics to Make Money’
Michael Douglas, who is at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present a newly restored print of Miloš Forman’s classic “One Flew Over the…
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Peter Sarsgaard on Speaking Out on ‘Divided’ U.S.: ‘You Can Tell I Didn’t Vote for Trump’
While accepting the President’s Award during the opening night of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Friday, actor…
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Ukrainian Doc ‘Divia,’ Scored by Grammy-Winning Sam Slater, Takes on the Destruction of War – in the ‘Koyaanisqatsi’ Way
In 1982, a wordless documentary by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music by Philip Glass, took the world by storm. Over 40 years later, it’s…
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Nathan Ambrosioni Finds Sympathy for ‘Bad Mothers’ in Camille Cottin Starrer ‘Out of Love’: ‘If You Judge Your Characters, You Judge Your Audience’
Every woman dreams of being a mother. Or does she really? In Karlovy Vary Film Festival contender “Out of Love,” two estranged sisters…
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Karlovy Vary Artistic Director Readies for Czech Reckoning With #MeToo Ahead of Premiere of ‘Broken Voices’
Things are changing in the Czech Republic, says Karlovy Vary Film Festival artistic director Karel Och. Also when it comes to the #MeToo…
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Karlovy Vary Industry Head Hugo Rosak Talks Big Year of Change: ‘We Are in Transition as an Industry’
It’s a year of great change for the Industry Days program of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. This year, the program will run for longer —…