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Emmanuel Benbihy says yes to “Prague, I Love You”

* Beginning with 2006’s excellent Paris, je t’aime, producer Emmanuel Benbihy has piloted his “Cities of Love” film series dedicated to celebrating the world’s great metropolises and the tales of love and friendship that teem within them. 2009’s New York, I Love You similarly features the collaboration of writers, actors and directors from all over [...]

Film version of “Leaving” to be a one-off for Havel

* Former president, playwright and dissident Vaclav Havel has wrapped production on his first and likely last feature film adaptation. His play Leaving premiered in Prague in 2008 and later traveled to London’s Orange Tree Theatre. The film stars his wife Dagmar as the female lead. Filming took place during July and August in Čerych [...]

Breaking the Italian Stallion

* According to a chart recently compiled by Term Life Insurance, Sylvester Stallone has racked up more fictive kills in a single film (that would be 81 in Rambo IV) than any of his fellow cast members in the recent retro action epic The Expendables. However, the famous writer/director/actor isn’t as invincible in real life [...]