13+ hour, 57+ min ago   (368+ words) Forty years ago this month, My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková) entered Czech cinemas and became one of the most enduring popular films of 1980s Czechoslovak cinema. Directed by Jiří Menzel from a screenplay by Zdeněk Svěrák, the 1985 tragicomedy had…...

14+ hour, 31+ min ago   (219+ words) But these threads remain largely on simmer. Sarnoski is much more interested in the interior life of a man who has spent decades constructing a legend around himself and is now forced to confront what that legend actually concealed. The…...

17+ hour, 29+ min ago   (710+ words) The Prague Reporter ‘Lesbian Space Princess’ movie review: Aussie animated queer comedy has a lot of heart A young royal from the planet Clitopolis must summon her inner labrys to save her ex-girlfriend in Lesbian Space Princess, now playing in…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (372+ words) For The Birthday Party, Livitsanos and Dafoe approach the song from a distinctly cinematic perspective. The soundtrack credits Dafoe as the performer, with Livitsanos on piano and the Czech Studio Orchestra providing the orchestral backing. Toms serves as conductor, while…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (700+ words) The Prague Reporter ‘The Birthday Party’ movie review: Willem Dafoe is an Onassis-like magnate in striking drama A wealthy Greek shipping magnate hosts a lavish celebration for his daughter on his private island while secretly plotting to control her future…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (532+ words) According to documentation filed with Prague 1, areas in the vicinity Old Town Square have been reserved for production vehicles beginning Aug. 19 through the second week of September. Additional production activity is planned in the historic center in other areas of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (677+ words) Czech sports drama Invincibles (Neporazitelní) is preparing for a release in the United States, with the film’s producers completing an English-language dub and working with U.S. distributor Highland Film Group on its international rollout. The film, directed and co-written…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (75+ words) The Prague Reporter That’s the frustrating thing about The End of Oak Street: there are plenty of individual elements to enjoy, and the film is compulsively watchable even when very little is happening. But the further it goes, the more…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (305+ words) Rather than dismantling the elaborate exterior after filming wrapped, Barrandov purchased and preserved the set. Three years later, the faux Parisian boulevard has already appeared in a growing number of international productions, illustrating how permanent backlots can extend the value…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (485+ words) Among the film’s executive producers is Czech filmmaker Petr Jákl, whose growing slate of international productions has made him one of the country’s most visible figures working in Hollywood. According to Jákl, the project was developed over several years in…...