http://www.newstin.com/us/JULIA_JENTSCH Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/77192448 RICK GROEN From Friday's Globe and Mail Playfully ironic yet still awfully dark, the Czech sense of humour is unique, and no one mined it better than director Jiri Menzel in his 1966 gem Closely Watched Trains. Adapted... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:42:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/77192448 2008-09-19T04:42:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76319378 Chaplinesque fable has an airiness that masks its tragic undertow. By Peter Rainer | Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor from the September 5, 2008 edition Jirí Menzel's "I Served the King of England" is a tragedy... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:52:10 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76319378 2008-09-05T19:52:10Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76316065 “I Served the King of England” has little to do with kings and, since it's set in mid-20th-century Czechoslovakia, even less to do with England. It has everything to do with the word “served,” however, as in the verb “to... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:59:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76316065 2008-09-05T16:59:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75753475 Director: Jirí Menzel Cast: Ivan Barnev, Julia Jentsch, Oldrich Kaiser Along with early Milos Forman films like Loves Of A Blonde and The Firemen's Ball, Jiří Menzel's 1966 feature Closely Watched Trains, which won the... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:03:02 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75753475 2008-08-28T20:03:02Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75558048 I Served the King of England Running time 120 minutes Written and directed by Jiri Menzel Starring Olrich Kaiser, Ivan Bamev, Julia Jentsch Jiri Menzel’s I Served the King of England, from his own screenplay, based on the... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:33:30 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75558048 2008-08-26T18:33:30Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75623366 Jiří Menzel’s “I Served the King of England” is a Czech national epic served up with champagne and truffles. This graceful and leisurely movie, adapted from a 1974 novel by the masterly Bohumil Hrabal, covers an enormous... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75623366 2008-08-25T04:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75315881 Waiter Jan (Ivan Barnev, left) is honored with the opportunity to serve the Emperor of Ethiopia (Tonya Graves, front right). Sony Pictures Classics NPR.org, August 22, 2008 · I Served the King of England, an audacious new film... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:36:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75315881 2008-08-22T04:36:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/68682748 International News: Jarrold's 'Brideshead Revisited' to open event -- The Locarno Film Festival will unveil its lineup today, with the event to kick off Aug. 6 with the Euro preem of Julian Jarrold's "Brideshead Revisited" in... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:18:06 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/68682748 2008-07-16T11:18:06Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/61952227 Jan Dítì (Ivan Barnev) is short in height, but high in ambition. To put it bluntly, the young provincial waiter wants to become a millionaire. And he knows just how to do it: by hearing everything, seeing everything, and... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/61952227 2008-06-10T08:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/61482788 Published Date: 08 June 2008 Director: Jirí Menzel Running time: 120minutes APART perhaps from Milos Forman, Jirí Menzel might be the most famous Czech film director. Unlike Forman, who fled communism to make his name in... Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:15:28 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/61482788 2008-06-07T23:15:28Z