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Summary for: This week's guide to English-friendly Czech cinema and streaming🇨🇿 Czech Cinema Spotlight
Now playing with English subtitles at Kino Světozor, Virtual Girlfriends (Virtuální přítelkyně) follows three Czech OnlyFans creators over the course of a year, exploring the complex dynamics between creators and fans. The film highlights both financial and emotional exchanges, from livestream tips to personalized interactions.
“Chalupová’s fly-on-the-wall approach allows her to capture a greater complexity in the lives of OnlyFans creators,” writes The Prague Reporter. Director Barbora Chalupová previously captured online predators in the excellent Caught in the Net.
🇬🇧 This Week's English-Friendly Screenings
- The Mezipatra Queer Film Festival runs through Nov. 13 at Kino Světozor, Kino Lucerna, Edison Filmhub, and Kino 35.
- The Polish Film Festival Prague runs through Nov. 16 at the Municipal Library, with English subtitles on most screenings.
- Kino Atlas hosts Ukrainian Film Week from Nov. 11-17, with English subtitles for most films.
- Tanuki Nights (Nov. 14–16) brings new Japanese films to Edison Filmhub, with a rare English-language screening of the new Chainsaw Man – Film: Reze Arc.
- Mascha Schilinski's Sound of Falling, winner of the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, is screening with English subtitles at Kino Aero and Kino Světozor.
- Raoul Peck profiles the author behind 1984 in the documentary Orwell: 2+2=5, screening with English subtitles at Edison Filmhub.
- The classic Czech comedy The Inheritance, directed by Věra Chytilová, screens at Kino Aero on Nov. 13 as part of the Some Like it Czech series.
🍿 New wide releases
- Die My Love ★★★⯪ (read review)
- Predator: Badlands ★★★☆ (read review)
📺 The Streaming Watchlist
Now streaming on Netflix after debuting in Czech cinemas this summer, Another Round (Pod parou) reimagines Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar-winning drama with an all-female cast led by Hana Vagnerová. Set in Moravia, it follows four teachers who test a theory that moderate drinking boosts performance.
While closely mirroring the original, The Prague Reporter notes that “Vinterberg’s story is strong enough to shine through,” making it an engaging experience with an appealing Czech wine region spin.
- Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein, with Oscar Isaac as Victor and Jacob Elordi as the Creature, is now streaming on Netflix.
- The new miniseries Death by Lightning, starring Michael Shannon as U.S. president James A. Garfield, is now on Netflix.
- The first two episodes of Pluribus, a new sci-fi series from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, have dropped on Apple TV+
- Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, starring Glenn Close, Naomi Watts, Kim Kardashian, Sarah Paulson, Teyana Taylor, has premiered on Disney+ in Czechia.
🎞️ The Throwback
Actress Věra Křesadlová, Miloš Forman’s second wife and mother to his twin sons, passed away last week at 81. One of her most memorable roles was in the Czech classic Intimate Lighting, which is currently streaming in a newly-restored version with English subtitles at dafilms.com.
Directed by Ivan Passer, the gentle comedy-drama follows a musician visiting his rural hometown and finding quiet humor in everyday life. The film was hailed as "one of the finest works of the short-lived Czech New Wave," by Dave Kehr, who wrote that "Passer has forged something funny and rare: a genuine comedy of melancholy—a gray comedy."
