Evald Schorm’s The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (Den sedmý, osmá noc, 1969)

Vol. 33 (September 2013) by Konstanty Kuzma
Konstanty Kuzma argues that Evald Schorm's 1969 film fails to refer to its allegorical target, the Prague Spring.

The Lives of Secret Others

Vol. 32 (August 2013) by Beth Holmgren
Beth Holmgren (Duke University) takes a close look at how recent Eastern European cinema is exhuming the cold-war era secret police.

Jiří Menzel on his Career

Vol. 30 (June 2013) by Konstanty Kuzma
Jiří Menzel speaks about changing perceptions of his films, being part of a cinematic movement, and the risks and merits of freedom.

Jaromír Šofr on his Career

Vol. 28 (April 2013) by Julia Zelman
Czech cinematographer Jaromír Šofr speaks about his formation, his involvement in the New Wave, and working with directors of different styles and ages.

The Politics of Recognition: Jews in Czech and Polish Post-Communist Cinema

Vol. 28 (April 2013) by Ewa Mazierska
Ewa Mazierska (University of Central Lancashire) discusses the representations of Jews in Polish and Czech films in postwar cinema.

Drahomíra Vihanová on her Work

Vol. 28 (April 2013) by Julia Zelman
The Czech 1960s director speaks about the way film school worked in the 1960s, the political atmosphere back then, her work, and how her film was banned after the Prague Spring.

Drahomíra Vihanová’s Squandered Sunday (Zabitá neděle, 1969)

Vol. 28 (April 2013) by Konstanty Kuzma
In Drahomíra Vihanová's feature debut, a young army officer contemplates suicide.

Jan Němec’s A Report on the Party and the Guests (O slavnosti a hostech, 1966)

Vol. 28 (April 2013) by Moritz Pfeifer
Moritz Pfeifer saw this film by Jan Němec, which was banned in 1966 and only made available after the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.

Věra Chytilová’s Daisies (Sedmikrásky, 1966)

Vol. 28 (April 2013) by Patricia Bass
Patricia Bass compares aspects of Věra Chytilová's Daisies to the American TV-Series The Jersey Shore.

Karel Vachek’s Moravian Hellas (Moravská Hellas, 1963)

Vol. 28 (April 2013) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman saw Karel Vachek's satirical documentary on a folklore festival in Czechoslovakia.
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