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4 May 2021 At the movies Lee Adams

Czech Film Review: Empties (2007) - Vratné lahve

Some of us might remember when bottle returns used to be a lifesaver just before payday, and when there was a person instead of a machine handing you the deposit back. This film from a famous Svěrák-Svěrák (a father and…

1 March 2021 At the movies Lee Adams

Czech Film Review: Waiter, Scarper! (1981) Vrchní, prchni

Every Czech knows the name of this film, though not everyone enjoys it. Read what an expat thinks of this…

29 January 2021 At the movies Lee Adams

Czech film review: The Good Soldier Švejk (1956) - Dobrý voják Švejk

What can we take away from a 65-year-old film based on a 100-year-old novel? It seems that anti-war stuff doesn't…

27 August 2020 Arts Scene Brno Expat Centre

Czechmates: A stand-up comedy show about life in the CR

Non-Czech comedians talk about all the weird and wonderful things about living in this amazing country. Coming to Brno in…

20 July 2020 At the movies Lee Adams

Czech film review: Barefoot (2017) - Po strništi bos, Jan Svěrák

Did you ever wonder what the kid from The Elementary School got up to a few years earlier during WWII?…

1 July 2020 At the movies Lee Adams

Czech film review: Cutting it Short (1980) - Postřižiny

It's gorgeous and effortlessly entertaining, but the old-school sexism might rankle a bit. However, it may well slip down like…

17 May 2020 At the movies Lee Adams

Czech film review: Loves of a Blonde (1965) - Lásky jedné plavovlásky

Every Czech knows this film's melodious name, one of Forman's first pieces. It's now showing on Netflix, with English subtitles.

22 July 2019 At the movies Lee Adams

Czech film review: Sun, Hay, Strawberries (1983) - Slunce, seno, jahody

This film has a reputation for being loud, crude and stupid. It's also blunt and doesn’t dance around the subject…

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