“Uppercase Print (2020) is the second documentary feature from Radu Jude, in which a real-life case of political persecution offers him a fresher perspective to explore Ceaucescu’s Romania.” Radu Jude is the…
Tag: Authoritarianism
The Firemen’s Ball (‘Hori ma panenko’, 1967) was Milos Forman’s first color and last Czech film. Why would a comedy about incompetent firefighters, belonging to a small provisional town, enrage the Communist…
“Larks on a String’s potent imagery retains hope even when the camera moves down into the bowels of hell.“ Czech film-maker Jiri Menzel, who often collaborated with and faithfully adapted the works…