Film★ 8.02000Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaborating with the secret police, Jaroslav Foglar can’t find a bottle-opener, and Ivan Diviš makes observations about his own funeral. This is the Czech Republic in the late 90s, as detailed in Karel Vachek’s documentary.Open details →
What Hedwig Didn't Tell UsFilm1995What Hedwig Didn't Tell UsA sad story about a young girl who is forced to move from one foster home to another.Open details →
New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, BrotherhoodFilm★ 8.01992New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, BrotherhoodFrom the behavior, discourse, and appearance of individual actors, Vachek composes, in the form of a mosaic, a broad and many-layered film-argument about Czechoslovak democracy in the period of its rebirth, all administered with the director’s inimitable point of view.Open details →
