" The Unbearable Lightness of Being " (Criterion ): Erotic games and fateful politics in Philip Kaufman's ineffably lyrical adaptation of the Milan Kundera novel.

WSJ: Enjoying Movies, Minus the Multiplex

Based on Milan Kundera's novel and banned for 20 years after its initial run the picture uses flashbacks and narration to sketch an ironic tale of revenge gone wrong.

WSJ: Pearls of the Czech New Wave | Before the Spring Was Gone | By David Mermelstein

I'm reminded of a passage written by Milan Kundera, author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being, ' in which he talks about starting with what you can see and then going deeper and deeper to the microbial level in order to find the life inside what is apparent on the surface.

WSJ: Plumbing the Depths of Beethoven | Richard Goode | Cultural Conversation by Stuart Isacoff