Vegetarians might want to give Adam Martinec’s funny, poignant “Our Lovely Pig Slaughter” a wide berth. Meat-eaters, however, should have fewer qualms. Indeed, there’s a case to be made that the ...

Czech writer-director Adam Martinec has taken on a near-sacred Bohemian ritual in his Karlovy Vary Film Festival Official Competition world premiere “Our Lovely Pig Slaughter.” The annual rendering of ...

20/03/2025 - The film is set to be a darkly comedic and raw exploration of rural traditions in Southern Estonia, blending absurd situations with a reflection on a vanishing way of life Filming wrapped ...

Plus, a family break-up seen through a child's eyes, a look at British artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham narrated by Tilda Swinton, and the sexual awakening of a middle-aged woman with muscular dystrophy ...

Czech director Adam Martinec's debut is a funny, melancholic rural domestic dramedy that isn't afraid to reveal how the sausage gets made. Though it mines a very specifically Czech strain of absurdity ...