Czech Films Blog
The Devils Are Coming: Czech Films for St. Nicholas Season
On the evening of December 5, something wonderful happens in Czech streets: Saint Nicholas walks from door to door with an angel and a devil at his...
Kristian: First Republic Elegance for October 28
Today, October 28, Czechs celebrate the founding of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918. And there is no more stylish way to honour the First Republ...
Czech Christmas Is Back in the Shop: Advent Calendars, Josef Lada and Orion Collections
Every year it begins the same way. One morning the first boxes of Christmas stock arrive, and the whole warehouse starts to smell of gingerbread sp...
One Night in a Tatra Bar: Before Tonight Is Over on Remastered Blu-ray
Sometimes all it takes is one evening, one bar and a handful of people who would never otherwise share a table. That is the whole of this film, new...
Rebels at 25: The Musical That Made 1968 Sing
Twenty five years ago, Czech cinema learned to sing again. Rebels premiered in 2001, filled cinemas across the country, and its songs have been pla...
Five Plums: Jan Svěrák Sets Sail with a New Comedy
When the director of Kolya makes a new film, Czech film lovers pay attention. This week, Jan Svěrák's brand new comedy arrived in our store, and it...
Džob: Tomáš Vorel's Comedy of Friendship, Work and Graffiti
Some friendships survive everything: school, careers, families, even completely different lives. The new Czech comedy that has just arrived in our ...
A Czech Halloween Night: Vampires, Witches and The Cremator
Halloween is coming, and this year we are not playing it safe. Czech cinema is famous for gentle fairy tales, but it also knows how to genuinely fr...
Kolya at 30: The Film That Won the Czech Republic Its First Oscar
Thirty years ago, a grumpy Prague cellist and a five year old Russian boy conquered the world. Kolya premiered in 1996, went on to win the Academy ...
An Autumn Evening with Czech Film
Autumn officially begins this week. The evenings are longer, the tea is warmer, and it is exactly the right time to curl up with a Czech film. Here...
The Princess from the Mill: Zdeněk Troška's Beloved Fairy Tale of the 90s
Some fairy tales have castles and dragons. This one has a mill, a pond, a lazy devil and a jealous water sprite, and for a whole generation of Czec...
Juraj Herz: The Master of Czech Gothic Cinema
Every national cinema has its masters of light. Czech cinema also has a master of shadow, and his name is Juraj Herz. He was born on September 4, 1...