About this episode
The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1996 features one of the year’s most notable foreign films, Czech drama Kolya . Directed by Jan Sverak, written by his father Zdenek Sverak and starring Zdenek Sverak, Andrei Chalimon, Libuse Safrankova and Ondrej Vetchy, Kolya won the awards for best foreign language film at the Oscars and the Golden Globes. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert ( https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kolya-1997 ), Janet Maslin in the New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/24/movies/what-a-difference-a-boy-makes.html ), and Edward Guthmann in the San Francisco Chronicle ( https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-REVIEW-Charming-Kolya-Has-Magic-Touch-2827806.php ). Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1996 installment featuring Jason’s personal pick, influential indie comedy Swingers .