The Czech animation industry can point to a century-long legacy that gave rise to internationally recognized talents including Jiří Trnka, Karel Zeman, Jan Švankmajer and Jiří Barta, many of whom ...

One year ago, production in Prague had hit a worrying lull, with an uncharacteristic slowdown apparent on the usually booked soundstages and bustling streets of the Czech capital. Normally one of ...

It's been more than half a century since the Czech New Wave heralded the arrival of a fresh cinematic movement in the former Czechoslovakia. Today's rising talents - from diverse backgrounds, working ...

This month, Shudder released an adaptation of the horror game The Mortuary Assistant, where being professionally surrounded by corpses is only the beginning. But that film’s facile demons, fetch-quest ...

It was a historic scene at this year's Cannes Film Festival, when Czech filmmaker Zuzana Kirchnerová climbed the stairs of the Lumière Theater for the premiere of her long-gestating debut feature ...