I have been in Prague for over a week now and haven’t seen much of the city, because I have been going to Village Cinemas almost everyday for the Febio Fest. It’s ending on Friday but I’m not going to the cinemas anymore! I’ve had enough. The movies I ended up seeing and my ratings based on 4 stars are: Mysterious Skin (****), Dear Wendy(**), Wendy & Lucy (***), Adoration (****), It’s All About Love (***), Plastic City (*), Vegas: Based on a True Story (***), More (**), Encarnación (**), The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (***), Nightmare Detective (****). Best soundtrack = Mysterious Skin (lots of Slowdive songs and original music composed by Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie). I saw one director: Amir Naderi — he spoke a little bit before & after his Vegas: Based on a True Story film. Nightmare Detective is a great Japanese horror film. The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 is written by Lars Von Trier and is satire on Danish film school.

The public transportation in Prague is pretty great. The underground stops running around 12-1am but there are buses & street trams that run all night and the signage/way-finding is pretty great. At every bus stop & tram stop there is also a schedule. The night buses & trams seem to come every 30 minutes. Right around the time when the metro stops running in the center of town, the trams are crowded as fuck though! But after a few stops it kind of clears a little. Luckily I am staying near where one of the trams terminates so I haven’t had to take one cab, but it does take about an hour to get home. They also use one of those honorary ticket systems here like in most of Europe, and I can’t say that I have been purchasing too many tickets.