Culture
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Karlovy Vary film festival: enjoying a cup of tea at the unusual Pitch Black Café
The Czech Pop Idol Aneta Langerova has been enjoying quite a bit of success here in the Czech Republic and she's been using it for a good cause. She staged an open air…
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Karlovy Vary film festival: Danny Huston presents retrospective of his father's films, budding…
Danny Huston: "There are other directors, great auteurs, who make films about themselves. My father was really interested in dissecting - literally with a scalpel at times…
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Andy Garcia star guest at 41st Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The official trailer of the 41st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The festival is now in full swing in the west Bohemian spa town of Karlovy Vary. It opened on…
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"Summer of Caprice": a chance for the English reader to enjoy one of the legends of inter-war Czech…
Vladislav Vancura is one of the best known Czech writers of the period between the First and Second World Wars. At home he is a household name, but if he is not well known…
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An exhibition of one of the legends of Czech cubist art
The Obecni Dum, or Municipal House, on the square Namesti Republiky is not only a stunning example of art nouveau architecture, but also an important venue for Czech art…
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Documentary looks at Czechoslovak life and socialist realism
A documentary examining everyday life in Communist Czechoslovakia is now available on DVD. Entitled "Vzpominam, Vzpominas, Vzpominate?" or "I remember, do you remember, do…
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Tom Stoppard's "Rock 'n' Roll"
Tom Stoppard, one of the greatest living playwrights, has written a new play called Rock 'n' Roll and it includes some serious Czech content. Set in two locations—Prague…
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A week on fast forward
In less than a week's time, the 41st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will start in the west Bohemian spa town, named after Emperor Charles IV. For centuries the…
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Vaclav Havel publishes first book since leaving Prague Castle
A new book by former president Vaclav Havel has been a big hit with Czech readers, making the best-seller chart within days of its publication. Available only in Czech…
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Miroslav Janek - home again after years of working in film in the US
The long and varied career of the Czech film director and editor Miroslav Janek began in Czechoslovakia and continued in the USA, where he emigrated in 1980, at the age of…
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Anonymous translator releases pirate version of Kundera book
Czech-born writer Milan Kundera is easily one of the most recognisable and more respected names in contemporary European literature, whose work has been translated into…
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Czech jazz music loses its First Lady
On Saturday the sad news was announced that "the First Lady of Czech jazz", Vlasta Pruchova, had died in Prague after a long illness. Until a few years ago she appeared…
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