#DVD REVIEWS

DVD Review: Signál

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Jason Pirodsky

Vojtěch Dyk and Kryštof Hádek star in this Czech variant on Local Hero

DVD Review: Spalovač mrtvol

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Jason Pirodsky

Is The Cremator the best Czech horror film ever made?

DVD Review: Lemonade Joe

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Jason Pirodsky

The soft-drinkin' cowboy has renewed significance in the wake of the ČR's alcohol ban

DVD Review: Poupata

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Jason Pirodsky

A look at the 2012 Czech Lion Award-winner

DVD Review: Lidice

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Jason Pirodsky

Director Petr Nikolaev's disappointing film version of the tragic 1942 massacre

DVD Review: Vendeta

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Jason Pirodsky

A swift, brutal, and refreshingly straightforward revenge picture

DVD Review: Alois Nebel

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Jason Pirodsky

Dazzling images contrast with a melancholy narrative in this black & white animated drama

Rodina je základ státu

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Jason Pirodsky

Long live the family in director Robert Sedláček's Czech Lion-nominated drama

V peřině

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Jason Pirodsky

Lucie Bílá and Karel Roden discover the secret of The Magical Duvet

DVD Review: Odcházení (Leaving)

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Jason Pirodsky

Václav Havel's first (and final) film is a refined surrealist memoir

Tajemství hradu v Karpatech (The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians)

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Jason Pirodsky

Perfect Halloween viewing: Oldřich Lipský's hilarious horror parody

DVD Review: Katka

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Jason Pirodsky

10+ year saga of a drug addict on the streets of Prague

DVD Review: Rozmarné léto (Capricious Summer)

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Jason Pirodsky

Jiří Menzel's classic tale of an unfortunate summer in a small Czech village

DVD Review: Kuky se vrací

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Jason Pirodsky

Jan Svěrák's delightfully kooky puppet adventure

DVD Review: Surviving Life

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Jason Pirodsky

Master animator Jan Švankmajer's psychoanalytical comedy

DVD Review: Občanský průkaz

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Jason Pirodsky

Quintessential communist-era nostalgia

DVD Review: Pouta

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Jason Pirodsky

A look at this year's Czech Lion award-winner