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.
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?
Got the gift of the gab? Then Shoot Your Mouth – a night of comedy improv in which anyone is welcome to perform – is for you.
In the recent Woody Allen rom-com Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson’s character Gil stumbles across a wormhole which transports him back to 1920s Paris, where he runs into many of his creative idols.
To commemorate the film, Prague’s Galerie La Femme commissioned three paintings by Boris Jirků, Josef Blecha and “Waiting for Midnight” by Milan Chabera.
Last Monday October 24 at the Globe Bookstore, Prague’s film and theater community gathered en masse for the launch of an exciting new initiative.
If Hollywood is sometimes dismissed as little more than a manufacturing line for films that are hurried out to meet deadlines, it has nothing on the 48 Hour Film Project.
The latest project from avant garde outfit Handa Gote is one woman’s exploration into her ancestorial history and the darkness therein. Mraky (Clouds) was written by Veronika Švábová, after she discovered one of her family members had a very black secret.
The downside is, unless you have a decent grasp of the Czech language, it’ll remain a secret.
Such was the quality at last night’s Crown Comedy Club triple-header, one could have imagined they’d stumbled upon a worm hole and ended up in an established London joint. Yes, the middle act was something of a weak link, but as any regular stand-up spectator will know, two out of three ain’t bad.