Programmed June 2020

Czechoslovak New Wave

Featuring an introduction by programmer and critic Irena Kovarova, directors Miloš Forman and Jan Němec, and film professor Peter Hames Of all the cinematic New Waves that broke over the world in the 1960s, the one in Czechoslovakia was among the most fruitful, fascinating, and radical. With a wicked sense of humor and a healthy streak of surrealism, a group of fearless filmmakers risked censorship and began to use film to speak out about the hypocrisy and absurdity of the Communist state. Ranging in style from the dazzlingly experimental to the arrestingly realistic, these new additions to our comprehensive Czechoslovak New Wave collection include four rediscovered gems by the great František Vláčil ( Marketa Lazarová ), the one-of-a-kind musical The Hop-Pickers , and…