Editorial

Vol. 74 (April 2017) by Editors

goEast 2017

Vol. 74 (April 2017) by Editors
Live coverage from the 17th goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden (April 26-May 2).

Adéla Komrzý’s Teaching War (Výchova k válce, 2016)

Vol. 74 (April 2017) by Rohan Crickmar
A supremely assured attack on the right-wing patriotic militarism that is rearing its head in the Czech Republic, as with many other countries in Central Europe.

Jan Hřebejk’s The Teacher (Ucitelka, 2016)

Vol. 74 (April 2017) by Julia Zelman
Julia Zelman reviews this film about a Communist-era teacher who uses her position to exact favors from her students' families.

György Pálfi’s Free Fall (Szabadesés, 2014)

Vol. 74 (April 2017) by Anna Batori
In keeping with its author's handwriting, György Pálfi's film is a gory visit to adventureland.

Tereza Nvotová’s Filthy (Špína, 2017)

Vol. 74 (April 2017) by Konstanty Kuzma
Tereza Nvotová takes on the sensitive issue of rape.

Olmo Omerzu’s Family Film (Rodinný film, 2015)

Vol. 74 (April 2017) by Rohan Crickmar
In Olmo Omerzu’s second feature-length work it is a dog’s life, for both a bourgeois Prague family and their erstwhile canine companion.

Dane Komljen’s All the Cities of the North (Svi severni gradovi, 2016)

Vol. 74 (April 2017) by Rohan Crickmar
This experimental feature addresses the problem of cohabitation through a minimalistic allegory.

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