Noir Film Fest Review: No-Win ‘Hra bez Pravidel’ (Game Without Rules)
The years-later aftermath of a Prague robbery gone wrong is charted in this dark, methodic procedural
August 29, 2017
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The years-later aftermath of a Prague robbery gone wrong is charted in this dark, methodic procedural
Polling 253 film critics in 52 countries around the world, a new BBC list of the greatest comedies of all time includes Věra Chytilová’s 1966 classic
Jan Hřebejk’s The Teacher and Bohdan Sláma’s Ice Mother have both made the shortlist for this year’s European Film Awards
Filmed in Prague over the past year, Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer stars as the famed Czech victim of communism
This latest film from director Jan Svěrák and writer/co-star Zdeněk Svěrák is their finest since the Oscar-winning Kolja
This leisurely paced medieval drama won the Crystal Globe at this year’s Karlovy Vary festival, but some viewers may find it tough to take
This aggressively staged documentary about a Czech neo-Nazi becomes a fascinating insight into interference from behind the camera
Unfortunately, one of the biggest disappointments at this year’s Zlín Film Fest was a local Czech production
The first of of three movies set for release during 2017 from Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský ranks right alongside the duo’s best work
Over at the Czech version of the Internet Movie Database, a compilation of the highest-rated Czech movies yields some interesting results
The latest film from Czech director Bohdan Sláma is now playing in Prague cinemas and will debut internationally at Tribeca
The WWII-era biopic made Czech Lion history tonight with 12 wins including Best Picture, Director, and Actor
This new Czech movie hasn’t fared well with foreign press, but it’s one of the best-produced flicks to come out of the country in some time
From Saturday to Sunday, one of the first Czechoslovak sound films, will screen at Ponrepo on March 8
Všechno nejlepší, Miloši! The famed Czech director celebrates his 85, and Kino Aero unveils a mini-retrospective
The assassination of Reinhard Heydrich is brought to vivid life in this Prague-shot film, which premieres locally on Czech Statehood Day
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre meets domestic Czech melodrama in this new feature now playing in Prague with English subtitles
Czech director Jan Němec recounts his life story – with a good dash of fiction – in his autobiographical final film
A teacher misuses her students to earn parental favors in communist-era Czechoslovakia in this biting new drama
An off-the-wall performance by star Karel Roden highlights this hot-button Czech dark comedy
The stop-motion DIY handymen, among the Czech Republic's most beloved cartoon characters, are now on the big screen
Jiří Bartoška's sympathetic turn highlights this unexpectedly deep – and bitterly funny – new Czech comedy-drama
This striking new black & white biopic turns the infamous Czech mass murderer into a martyr
Czechoslovak police hunt down StB secrets in the solid new Czech-Slovak-Polish cop thriller The Red Captain