La Película: The 7th Annual Spanish Film Festival

Kino Světozor, in cooperation with the Cervantes Institute, as well as the Spanish and Venezuelan embassies, is hosting the 7th annual Spanish Film Festival, better known as La Película (“The Film”).

Film pick of the week: Feb. 1 – 7, 2012

This column features a weekly pick, usually from one of the independent cinemas, of a film that — because of age, color or length — might be in the viewer’s blind spot when he or she goes through the week’s cinema listings.

Theater preview: Mraky (II)

“Mraky” will be performed with English surtitles this coming Thursday and Friday (Feb. 1–2) at Divadlo Albert ve Dvoře.

Preview: Films in February 2012

February is Oscar month, not just because the annual awards ceremony takes place Feb. 26, but because many of the films that will be recognized are also released in the coming weeks. Here’s a look at the most important ones.

Film pick of the week: Jan. 25 – 31, 2012

This column features a weekly pick, usually from one of the independent cinemas, of a film that — because of age, color or length — might be in the viewer’s blind spot when he or she goes through the week’s cinema listings.

Sex, and rock ‘n’ roll

Divadlo Kampa will play host to Pink Like Chicken, a raunchy rock ‘n’ roll cabaret that promises to “stimulate your libido and widen your options,” according to local English-language theater company Akanda.

Film pick of the week: Jan. 18 – 25, 2012

This column features a weekly pick, usually from one of the independent cinemas, of a film that — because of age, color or length — might be in the viewer’s blind spot when he or she goes through the week’s cinema listings.

What’s next for David Fincher?

He has been the master of intelligent thrillers since the mid-’90s, when his film Se7en first made filmgoers the world over realize that there is an heir to the throne of Hitchcock, though with a much darker side to it and barely a modicum of humor.

Film pick of the week: Jan. 11 – 17, 2012

This column features a weekly pick, usually from one of the independent cinemas, of a film that — because of age, color or length — might be in the viewer’s blind spot when he or she goes through the week’s cinema listings.

Preview: Films in January 2012

With three Thursdays to go, and Oscar season really starting to pick up, it’s time for a quick look at the most exciting films to hit the screens in January.