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Annoyed by the Sun

10. 7. 2010 / Ema Čulík

< Nikita Mikhalkov in Karlovy Vary On the whole, sequels are rarely as good as the original film, and often, not good at all. Nikita Mikhalkov has decided to carry on the story of his 1994 ...

What has happened to the main competition?

9. 7. 2010 / Ema Čulík

We have been lamenting our film choices this year. It is such a sinking feeling coming out of a bad film. It makes you feel so empty and sad if you have been engaged for the last 100 minutes in...

Kids on holiday

8. 7. 2010 / Ema Čulík

What is the recipe for a gripping film full of tension? Murderers? Kings? Femmes fatales? Or is it: two meteorologists, a radio, and lots of open hills? It turns out that it's the latte...

All film is manipulation

8. 7. 2010 / Ema Čulík

I recently wrote reviews of two films: Son of Babylon and Kawasaki's Rose. I said that Son of Babylon was painful to watch because it was so obvious that the filmmakers were trying to manipul...

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Generation XYZ: Style over substance

7. 7. 2010 / Ema Čulík

Being young and hip is one of the most desirable things nowadays. The best age to be is obviously twenty five, so that you can wear anything you want, go to cool parties, smoke like a chimney...

Educating the boy -- Belgian films at KV

6. 7. 2010 / Ema Čulík

At the festival this year one of the special sections is a focus on Belgian film. Two of the films I've seen happened to both be about young boys making their first steps on the road of indep...

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Kawasaki Rose: Beautiful

6. 7. 2010 / Ema Čulík

< Jan Hřebejk in Karlovy Vary I just watched Jan Hřebejk's latest, Kawasaki Rose. Dissident psychologist Pavel Josek is being honoured for his achievements and place in Czech society. As a...

The craft of tear-jerking

5. 7. 2010 / Ema Čulík

Last night, silly me, I gave in to the hype. I decided to go and see one of KV's 'Special Events' -- the screening of an Iraq film from last year, Son of Babylon, about the period shortly af...

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