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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2016

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016

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4 films · 4 reviews

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Anthropoid

Review preview for Anthropoid

The final 20 minutes turn the screen into a video game.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 2.5 out of 5
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.

(Country: UK, Czech Republic, France; Year: 2016; Director: Sean Ellis; Writer: Sean Ellis, Anthony Frewin; Stars: Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Le Bon, Jamie Dornan, Harry Lloyd, Toby Jones, Anna Geislerová, Bill Milner, Sam Keeley, Detlef Bothe, Mish Boyko, Ondrej Malý, Marcin Dorocinski, Sean Mahon, Alena Mihulová, Brian Caspe)

Café Society

Review preview for Café Society

A fluffy and charming confection that has an enticing exterior without much substance on the inside.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
A man comes to Hollywood with aspirations of working in film, only to fall in love.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Woody Allen; Writer: Woody Allen; Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart, Kelly Rohrbach, Steve Carell, Corey Stoll, Anna Camp, Parker Posey, Judy Davis, Paul Schneider, Don Stark, Tony Sirico, Ken Stott, Liz Celeste, Kaili Vernoff)

Pasolini

Review preview for Pasolini

Pasolini's unfinished life remains painfully unresolved, as it should be.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
A look at the final day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.

(Country: France, Italy, Belgium; Year: 2014; Director: Abel Ferrara; Writer: Abel Ferrara, Maurizio Braucci, Nicola Tranquillino; Stars: Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Riccardo Scamarcio, Giada Colagrande, Salvatore Ruocco, Adriana Asti, Valerio Mastandrea, Roberto Zibetti, Tatiana Luter, Guillaume Rumiel Braun, Diego Pagotto)