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Summary for: This week's guide to English-friendly Czech cinema and streaming🇬🇧 This Week's English-Friendly Screenings
A mother struggles to maintain stability as her life unravels in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, a psychological drama from director Mary Bronstein now playing in Prague cinemas. The film follows Linda, a single parent caring for a child with a severe medical condition while juggling work, housing instability, and mounting emotional strain.
The Prague Reporter writes that "this feature-length panic attack approaches parenting struggles with the unnerved intensity of Uncut Gems and features striking direction from Mary Bronstein and a revelatory performance from Rose Byrne."
- April 27: Ukrainian historical drama Collapse, about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, screens with English subtitles at Bio Oko.
- April 27: Hen, a Greek tragicomic tale about a runaway hen, screens with English subtitles at Kino Světozor (also April 29 and May 1).
- April 27: Czech-Slovak drama Last Routine, a biopic about figure skater Ondrej Nepela, screens with English subtitles at Kino Lucerna (also April 28 at Kino Atlas).
- April 28: Ettore Scola's classic Le Bal, a dialogue-free film tracing decades of European history through dance and music, screens at Edison Filmhub.
- April 28: Ingmar Bergman's classic psychological horror film Hour of the Wolf screens with English subtitles at Edison Filmhub.
- April 29: Japanese epic space opera Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie screens with English subtitles at Kino Aero.
- April 29: The Oscar-nominated docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab plays with English subtitles at Edison Filmhub, followed by a Q&A.
- April 30: Hayao Miyazaki’s animated tale of an airborne bounty hunter Porco Rosso screens with English subtitles at Bio Oko.
- May 1: Loves of František Křížek, a community-focused May Day event featuring film screenings, workshops, and performances along František Křížek Street, takes place at Bio Oko.
- May 1: Joachim Trier’s acclaimed romantic drama The Worst Person in the World screens with English subtitles at Kino Aero.
🍿 New wide releases
- Michael ★★★½
🇨🇿 Czech Cinema Spotlight
The Czech animated fairy tale The Proud Princess is reaching U.S. audiences this month with a new English-dubbed VOD release. The film reimagines one of Czech culture’s most enduring stories, based on a Božena Němcová tale that was previously turned into a beloved 1952 live-action film.
The modern 3D-animated retelling preserves the core themes of love and transformation while updating the story with new characters, humor, and action for contemporary audiences. The original Czech-language version of The Proud Princess is currently streaming with English subtitles in Czechia on Netflix.
📺 The Streaming Watchlist
- The first episode of Half Man, a new limited series from Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd, is now streaming on HBO Max. New episodes drop Thursdays.
- Stranger Things: Tales From 85, an animated 10-episode spinoff of the hit series set between Seasons 2 and 3, is now streaming on Netflix.
- Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton star in Apex, a survival thriller set in the Australian outback now streaming on Netflix.
- All eight episodes of Kevin, an animated comedy series co-created by Aubrey Plaza about a neurotic housecat, are now streaming on Prime Video.
- Season 2 of detective series Criminal Record, starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo, has premiered on Apple TV+. New episodes drop Wednesdays.
🎞️ The Throwback
With Witches’ Night coming to Czechia this Thursday, April 30, revisit one of Czech cinema’s most powerful portrayals of witch trials and mass hysteria: Otakar Vávra’s Witchhammer (Kladivo na čarodějnice). The 1969 historical drama depicts the 17th-century witch persecutions in northern Moravia, where accusations, torture, and fear are used as tools of control in a society descending into paranoia.
Based on Václav Kaplický’s novel and drawing on real historical court records, the film is widely interpreted as an allegory of political show trials and abuses of power. Witchhammer was banned after release and unseen until 1989, and remains relatively hard-to-find; the film is currently available to rent or buy in Czechia on Apple TV+.
