\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czech Cinema Spotlight <\/p>\n
6 Grams<\/a> (6 gram\u016f) turns a cocaine discovery during a school ski trip into an increasingly chaotic Czech comedy, as four fathers are locked in a gymnasium and ordered to uncover who planted the drugs. With a strong ensemble led by Ond\u0159ej Vetch\u00fd, Ji\u0159\u00ed M\u00e1dl, David Novotn\u00fd and Martin Pechl\u00e1t, the film mixes farce and crime caper elements.<\/p>\n Why watch now: The Prague Reporter calls it <\/a>\u201ca refreshing exception\u201d to the recent run of broad Czech comedies, praising its energetic performances and willingness to embrace genuinely absurd situations. 6 Grams plays with English subtitles at Kino Atlas on Aug. 18; keep an eye out for additional English-friendly screenings.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf9e\ufe0f The Throwback <\/p>\n My Sweet Little Village<\/a> celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, marking four decades since Ji\u0159\u00ed Menzel\u2019s beloved portrait of life in a Central Bohemian village first entered Czech cinemas. Written by Zden\u011bk Sv\u011br\u00e1k, the Oscar-nominated tragicomedy follows accident-prone Ot\u00edk and truck driver P\u00e1vek through a warmly observed community of eccentric characters, petty conflicts, and everyday absurdities. <\/p>\n Why watch now: A newly digitized restoration has helped introduce Menzel\u2019s gentle comedy to a new generation, preserving a film whose affectionate depiction of Czech village life remains as recognizable as ever. In Czechia, the restoration is currently streaming with English subtitles on Netflix<\/a> and KVIFF.tv<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 This Week’s English-Friendly Screenings <\/p>\n \ud83c\udf7f New wide releases <\/p>\n \ud83d\udcfa The Streaming Watchlist <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czech Cinema Spotlight 6 Grams (6 gram\u016f) turns a cocaine discovery during a school ski trip into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-570857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}