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Summary for: This week's guide to English-friendly Czech cinema and streamingThe 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival kicks off this week, running from July 3–11 with more than 130 feature films from around the world, including world premieres, award-winning festival favorites, restored classics, and major Hollywood tributes.
Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche, Kevin Bacon, Jeffrey Wright, Harvey Keitel, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Jesse Eisenberg are among the featured guests at this year's anniversary edition. Beyond the screenings, the festival transforms the Czech spa town into one of Central Europe's biggest cultural events, with concerts, exhibitions, and much more.
For more information, see The Prague Reporter's complete guide to KVIFF 2026 and picks for 10 films you shouldn't miss at this year's festival.
🇬🇧 This Week's English-Friendly Screenings
- June 29: French mystery-thriller A Private Life, with Jodie Foster and Daniel Auteuil, screens with English subtitles at Edison Filmhub (also July 2 and 4, and July 3 at Kino 35).
- June 29: The latest film from Oscar-winning Czech director Jan Svěrák, What a Way to Go screens with English subtitles at Kino Atlas.
- June 29: Nicolas Winding Refn's classic crime tale Drive, with Ryan Gosling, screens as part of Kino Aero's Legends series.
- June 29: Ukrainian drama My Thoughts Are Silent, from Antonio Lukič, plays with English subtitles at Edison Filmhub (also July 3, at Bio Oko on July 1, and at Kino Atlas on July 4).
- June 29: Slovak drama Open follows a couple navigating infidelity and an open relationship; screening with English subtitles at Kino Atlas (also July 1 and July 3-4).
- June 30: Bio Oko's Summer with Keanu Reeves kicks off with a screening of Speed; catch a Keanu classic every Tuesday through the end of August.
- June 30: German expressionist classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari screens with live music from Do Shaska! at Edison Filmhub.
- June 30: Ondřej Vavrečka’s experimental 16mm essay on modern development 1+1+1 plays with English subtitles at Kino Atlas (also July 3).
- June 30: New animated feature ChaO follows a shy engineer in a futuristic Shanghai who encounters a sea princess; screening with English subtitles at Bio Oko.
- July 1: Enjoy an English-friendly mystery movie at Kino Aero's Blind Date. Free entry; pay what you want after the screening.
- July 2: Historical thriller The Disappearance of Josef Mengele plays with English subtitles at Edison Filmhub (also July 5).
- July 2: Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain and Big Trouble in Little China screen as part of a spectacular double feature at Kino Aero.
- July 3: Czech-US documentary The Future Shapes the Past: The Hilsner Case, about a controversial 1899 case in what is now Czechia, plays with English subtitles at Edison Filmhub.
- July 4: Karel Zeman’s A Thousand and One Nights follows Sinbad’s fantastical voyages; screening with English subtitles at Kino Atlas.
🍿 New wide releases
- Supergirl ★★½
📺 The Streaming Watchlist
- Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, the latest series from Curb Your Enthusiasm creator-star Larry David, has premiered on HBO Max; new episodes drop Fridays.
- A real estate agent's life is upended by a visitor from his past in Little Brother, a new comedy starring John Cena and Eric André now streaming on Netflix.
- Chris & Martina: The Final Set, a new doc exploring the iconic rivalry between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, is now streaming on Netflix.
- The fifth and final season of chef comedy-drama The Bear has dropped; all episodes are now streaming on Disney+ in Czechia.
- Take a break from the heat and watch stories of humans displaced by global warming in The Welcome Table, now on HBO Max.
🎞️ The Throwback
This hot summer weekend, take a trip back to another boiler in the Czech capital through the classic 1965 noir Ninety Degrees in the Shade. The Czech-British co-production, set in the midst of a steamy Prague summer, stars Rudolf Hrušínský alongside some top British thespians.
For historical Prague-watchers, the film's opening scenes feature some great footage of the city's former public swimming pools on the Vltava River at Občanská plovárna. Ninety Degrees in the Shade isn't readily available to stream through the usual channels, but can be seen in full on YouTube in both Czech and English-language versions.
