The Cine File

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Six out of the last ten best actor winners at the Oscars received recognition for performances based on real people. So did half of the last ten best actress winners. Why?

Though the most heavily marketed films, and therefore some of the most lauded, are often released right at the beginning of the year (in time for awards season), we do have a few big names to look forward to throughout 2012. Here are ten of them.