Showing: Věra Chytilová  
Calamity

Several years after returning to the Czechoslovak film industry from political excommunication, Věra Chytilová crafted one of her finest satires with 1982’s Calamity, a seemingly conventional sex comedy that takes covert aim at the Communist government’s institutional rot.

Věra Chytilová Czechoslovakia, 1982
DCP

Daisies

_Daisies_ is an aesthetically and politically adventurous film that’s widely considered one of the great works of feminist cinema.

Věra Chytilová Czechoslovakia, 1966
DCP, 35 mm, DVD

Pearls of the Deep

A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors.

Something Different

This two-part film from Věra Chytilová concerns a frustrated mother and a gymnast facing retirement.

Věra Chytilová Czechoslovakia, 1963
DCP