Episode 487: Fruit of Paradise (1969)
We conclude Czechtember 2020 with a look at Vera Chytilova’s Fruit of Paradise. This may be the most experimental and unusual movies we’ve covered as part of Czechtember. It’s a re-telling of the Adam...
30 Sep 20201h 25min
Episode 486: Birds, Orphans, and Fools (1969)
We continue #Czechtember 2020 with the 1969 Slovakian film Birds, Orphans, and Fools by Juro Jakubisco. It’s a story of three young people in the turbulent year and place of 1968 Slovakia. There are b...
23 Sep 20201h 32min
Special Report: Forman Vs. Forman (2019)
Mike talks to Helena Trestíková (aided by the film's rep, Daniel Vadocký) -- half of the directing team behind the 2019 documentary Forman Vs. Forman -- about her life in occupied Czechoslovakia, her ...
18 Sep 202031min
Episode 485: Morgiana (1972)
#Czechember2020 continues with a look at Juraj Herz’s Morgiana. Released in 1972 the film stars Iva Janzurova as both Victoria and Clara Tragen, two sisters who are driven apart by their father’s will...
16 Sep 20201h 41min
Special Report: Oldboy (2003)
We're looking at Park Chan-wook's Oldboy (2003). Based loosely on the manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi, the film tells the tale of Oh-Dae-Su (Choi Min-sik), a salaryman who gets abducted ...
11 Sep 20202h 3min
Episode 484: Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
We continue Czechtember 2020 with a look at Jindrich Polak’s Tomorrow I Will Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977). From a script co-written by Milos Macourek, the film stars Petr Kostka as both Ja...
9 Sep 20202h 16min
Episode 483: All My Good Countrymen (1969)
We're doing something a little different for Czechtember 2020 with two commentary track episodes. First up, a discussion of Vojtech Jasný's All My Good Countrymen (1969), a tragic tale of a group of f...
2 Sep 20202h 2min
Special Report: Fantasia 2020
Mike gives a few capsule reviews of titles playing at this year's Fantasia film festival: Class Action Park, Feels Good Man, Tiny Tim - King for a Day, Clapboard Jungle, Hail to the Deadites, Monster ...
30 Aug 202050min
