Karlovy Latest Reviews

The Wonders
The Wonders
Nothing will be the same at the end of this summer for Gelsomina and her three younger sisters.
Li’l Quinquin
Li’l Quinquin
A blackly comic murder mystery develops in a small town in northern France.
The Tribe
The Tribe
A deaf teenager runs into gang trouble at a boarding school.
Cloudy Times
Cloudy Times
An intensely personal consideration of how we care for our parents in old age.
'71
'71
A young British soldier is accidentally left behind by his unit on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971.
Jauja
Jauja
A dad and daughter's odyssey into a desert.
Black Coal, Thin Ice
Black Coal, Thin Ice
A detective falls in love with a woman linked to the murder victims of his current investigation.
Maidan
Maidan
A documentary about the unrest in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014.
Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange
The consequences of a gay marriage on family and friends.
Memphis
Memphis
A musician strives to find inspiration in a city with an overwhelming history.
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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Features

Confessions, part 2
John Michael McDonagh, Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd and Joyce Carol Oates on Calvary.
Confessions, part 1
Kelly Reilly on the women of Calvary.
Flower power
Michel Gondry and Audrey Tautou contemplate the strangeness of Mood Indigo.
Friedkin takes a swipe in Karlovy Vary
Director on studios, opium for the masses, and The Exorcist
The sweet smell of success
Anonymous Content Producer / Partner Michael Sugar gives the lowdown in Karlovy Vary.
Behind the scenes of Boyhood
At the New York première with Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater and Joel Grey.
Fanny - the femme fatale
New Wave icon Ardant on why she never looks back
Piercing vision
The unpredictable engines of Bong Joon-ho.
Snow business
John Hurt on Snowpiercer and his long career.
Being human
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Valeria Golino discuss Human Capital.
Capital idea
Paolo Virzì on costume, Truffaut, Sinatra and Human Capital.
Riding high
Of Horses and Men director Benedikt Erlingsson talks sagas, mankind and Mitty.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival News

Accent on youth for European award
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Storyteller Gibson sparkles with crystal
Karlovy Vary honours controversial star.
Gibson checks out the Czechs
Special honour at Karlovy Vary
Man versus Nature at Karlovy Vary
Czech festival unveils line-up.
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