Now we're getting into it. This is the real deep-level Criterion Collection stuff here. Legendary - but largely unknown in the U.S. - all-time Czech historic cinema: František Vláčil's 1967 medieval epic Marketa Lazarova. Feuding clans must contend with themselves, the Holy Roman Empire, and the occasional mad Christian preacher. Have we found our first hidden gem, or is this the first sign that we've doomed ourselves to 899 or so perplexing art films of questionably-earned reputations?

If you'd like to watch ahead fro next week's film, we'll be reviewing and discussing Stephen Frears My Beautiful Laundrette (1985).