Czechoslovak New Wave—24 films now on the Criterion Channel! https://www.criterionchannel.com/czechoslovak-new-wave 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 directors risked censorship and began to use film to speak out about the hypocrisy and absurdity of the Communist state. Ranging in style from the

Czech-Slovak films in Official Selection of Venice IFF 2019: fiction drama "The Painted Bird" in Venezia 76, animated short "SH_T HAPPENS" in Orizzonti and restored "Extase" in Venice Classics. https://bit.ly/2Hb32Oh | Variety