Sophia Loren a Timeless Beauty

There is no doubt that Sophia Loren has always been an iconic beauty. What amazes me most in seeing these photographs is how contemporary she looks 50+ years after they were taken. Talk about a living example of timeless beauty! Look at her sense of peace and natural beauty as she picks roses from her garden at...

PEOPLE, Women

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March 23, 2015

Watch This: Accidental Army – True Story of The Czechoslovak Legion

The Czechoslovak Legion (Československé legie in Czech, Československé légie in Slovak) were volunteer armed forces composed predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks fighting together with the Entente powers during World War I. Their goal was to win the Allies’ support for the independence of Bohemia and Moravia from the Austrian Empire and of Slovak territories of...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

March 19, 2015

Watch This: The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair was one of the great movies of the summer season in 1999. Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo star in the remake of the classic 1968 Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway movie. And if you loved the original you will love the remake even more. The best part is that it looks like it could...

CULTURE, Movies

March 16, 2015

Watch This: 12 Angry Men

What happens when you put 12 angry men into a closed room and put them in charge of deciding the outcome of another man’s life? Eventually… you get 12 angry men. But first it’s important to understand who these 12 men are: DESCRIPTIONS OF JURORS FOREMAN A small, petty man who is impressed with the...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

March 12, 2015

Magic Prague

Ripellino’s Magic Prague is a dense and magical foray into the altered state of consciousness that is Prague. Ripellino slips into the style of melodrama and ghost stories as he writes of the time of Rudolf II, the alchemists, the Jewish Quarter, the Golem, the pubs, the funereal malevolence of its architecture, of Holan and Kafka,...

Books, ENTERTAINMENT

March 9, 2015

Czech Avant Garde – Poetism

Today we are looking at Czech Avant Garde – Poetism. In the period between the two world wars, artistic movements in Czechoslovakia produced outstanding examples of avant-garde book cover design, layout, and typography. Czech artists, designers, and architects adopted and developed trends from the avant-garde in other parts of Europe and created what they saw...

Art and Design, CULTURE

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March 5, 2015

Watch This: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont is an elegant, moving story of a lovely woman of age on a journey to find something meaningful again in her life and literally “trips” into the life of a young man on his own journey to find himself as a writer. It is a deeply moving, powerful, yet subtle film that...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

March 2, 2015

The History of St. Matthew’s Fair in Prague

What is the first spring fair in Europe? How about the most popular and biggest fair in Prague? In the Czech Republic? The answer is Matějská pouť or for our English speaking friends, St Matthew’s Fair. The earliest record of the St. Matthew’s Fair in Prague dates back to the year 1595. It is the first known Spring...

CULTURE, Holidays

Tres-Bohemes-My-Afternoons-With-Margueritte-Review

February 25, 2015

Watch This: My Afternoons With Margueritte

My Afternoons With Margueritte is purely delightful! Once upon a time in a little French town a sweet and delicate little old lady in her 90’s named Marguerite is reading aloud from her novel. The town simpleton, Germain is an illiterate handyman in his 50’s who is taking a walk to the park and he...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

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February 23, 2015

Lunch at Cafe Between the Lines

Welcome to Kavárna Mezi Řádky With an interesting name, the Cafe Between the Lines, is a unique cafe, bakery and library where you can eat fresh organic foods, drink fair trade coffee and delicious homemade desserts. Open for breakfast and lunch, they serve salads, soups, pancakes, quiches, sandwiches and variety of sweets. And if you happen to...

PLACES, Restaurants

February 19, 2015

Watch This: Czech Dream (Ceský sen)

Czech Dream asks some powerful questions. Can capitalism have a human face? Sure it can. Student filmmakers Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda had an idea. They invented the “Czech Dream”, a marketing campaign about the grand opening of a super mega (or hyper) market. They position themselves as businessmen and locate a public relations and...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

All the Czech Cookbooks at Everything Czech

February 16, 2015

Czech and Bohemian Cookbooks

Czech and Slovak cooking is gaining popularity with each passing day. Both the Czech Republic and Slovakia are noted for their hearty, delicious and wholesome meals. The food staples are provided principally by farmland, and include milk, cheese, livestock, wheat, fruit and root vegetables. Czech and Bohemian cookbooks and recipes are provided here so that you can...

LIFESTYLE, Recipes

Tres-Bohemes-Review-of-French-Lieutenants-Woman

February 12, 2015

Watch This: The French Lieutenant’s Woman

A beguiling and intellectually nimble feat of filmmaking, The French Lieutenant’s Woman film is based on a 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by author John Fowles. It’s important to note that the authors concern was to do with the effects of society on an individual’s awareness of him or herself and more so, how having...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

February 9, 2015

Czech Avant Garde – Socialist Realism

Today we are looking at Czech Avant Garde – Socialist Realism. In the period between the two world wars, artistic movements in Czechoslovakia produced outstanding examples of avant-garde book cover design, layout, and typography. Czech artists, designers, and architects adopted and developed trends from the avant-garde in other parts of Europe and created what they...

Art and Design, CULTURE

February 5, 2015

Watch This: I Am Sam

I am Sam is a beautiful film which really demonstrates whey Sean Penn is a star. Sam is an autistic and mentally retarded man who has the intelligence level of a 7 year old. He grew up in an institution after his mother died. He now lives as much of a regular life as he can,...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

February 2, 2015

Watch This: Ché Part I

Ché Part I (The Criterion Collection) delivers pure revolutionary magic. Steven Soderbergh has directed a masterpiece that captures you in the first minute watching an extreme closeup of Benicio Del Toro in classic and iconic Che pose. This is an exquisite piece of filmmaking which is experiential and unique and tells the story in almost a...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies