Episode 55 of One Week Only! This week our key film is the Czech period drama "I, Olga Hepnarova," based on a true story of a troubled young woman who took out her anger at the world in a horrifically violent crime. Starring Michalina Olszanska (co-star in "The Lure" earlier this year) in a brilliant lead performance, and directed by Tomás Weinreb & Petr Kazda, this is a striking film that presents a complex, unsettling character in a stark film with no easy morality or answers. Now Playing in New York at the Village East Cinema. (41:45)
The science-fiction drama "Bokeh" opens today in select theaters. It stars Maika Monroe & Matt O'Leary as two American tourists in Iceland who wake up to find that every other human in the world has disappeared. (10:45) We interviewed directors Geoffrey Orthwein & Andrew Sullivan about the genre of minimalist science-fiction and making an indie film in Iceland. (59:00)
We also review the horror comedy "Prevenge" written, directed & starring Alice Lowe (16:30); small-town mystery thriller "Dig Two Graves" directed by Hunter Adams (24:40); and food & culture documentary "In Search of Israeli Cuisine" about Israeli-American chef Michael Solomonov, directed by Roger Sherman (37:30).
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