Cinematical (Free subscription) | yesterday
Armed with a collection of the world's notable directors, Paris je t'aime hit screens with a good deal of impact and buzz. It was to be the first piece in producer Emmanuel Benbihy's "Cities of Love," a collection of films detailing romance and metropolitan life across the globe, a series planning to travel to the likes of New York, Rio, Shanghai, Jerusalem, and Mumbai. Three...
BJP (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Shekhar Kapur’s segment in the film New York I Love You -a collection of short stories -is dedicated to the late Anthony Minghella, who wrote the script of this segment and had intended to direct it, but passed away before the movie was completed. Producer Emmanuel Benbihy recalls, “They had a long conversation about life and [...]
Behind the Hype (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
New York is a lovely place. In spite of being, let’s admit it, just a hair overrated, it is a city with the charm and multitudinousness of a Fritz Lang film. That being said, the creators of Paris, Je T’aime, Emmanuel Benbihy and Tristan Carne, seem determined to further their film series on cities to [...]
Reverse Shot - (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
New York, I Love You follows 2006's Paris, je t'aime as the second entry in a city tribute series created by Emmanuel Benbihy, who is producing along with Crash 's Marina Grasic. Collective works with multiple directors, the films will next blow kisses to Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Jerusalem, and Mumbai. My humble admonition to Benbihy and Grasic: IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO STOP. read...
Miami New Times | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Billed as a "collective feature film," New York, I Love You is the second in the "Cities of Love" series, an idea that has so far proved better in theory than execution. As with its predecessor, Paris Je T'Aime , there are hits and misses. Producer Emmanuel Benbihy decreed that each ...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
... been.There are far too few moments like that in New York, I Love You, the second in producer Emmanuel Benbihy’s series of “collective features” that celebrate love set against the backdrop of the world’s great cities. Paris, je t’aime, the first of the films to hit theaters, assembled an almost unbelievably impressive set of talented directors: Olivier Assayas, Sylvain Chomet, Alfonso...
Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Boston Globe Review: 'New York, I Love You'San Francisco ChronicleAnthology. Starring Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Blake Lively and Robin Wright Penn. Concept by Emmanuel Benbihy. (R. 110 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "New York, I Love You" loves New York, or so it claims. …Manhattan Is for Lovers: Two by Two by Two by [...]
Chris Barsanti (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
... not, the film succeeded. A couple years later New York's horning in on the idea, with producer Emmanuel Benbihy already planning future editions for Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Jerusalem, and Mumbai. If New York, I Love You is any indication, though, Benbihy should probably call it quits before digging himself a deeper hole... New York, I Love You is open now in limited release....
New York City (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Rating: 6/10 Writers: Emmanuel Benbihy (concept), Tristan Carné (premise) Directors: Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shunji ...
ReverseBlog (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Thanks to the surprise success of producer Emmanuel Benbihy’s Paris, je t’aime, we will now have to endure a series of planned omnibus-film tributes to cities around the world clunked together with submissions from various trendy directors. After Paris, New York is the brow-furrowing first of these. Call them glimpses, snapshots, whatever: the short films in New York I Love...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
New York, I Love You RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Anthology. Starring Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Blake Lively and Robin Wright Penn. Concept by Emmanuel Benbihy. (R. 110 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "New York, I Love You" loves New York, or...
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Billed as a "collective feature film," New York, I Love You is the second in the "Cities of Love" series. As with its predecessor, Paris je t'aime , there are hits and misses. Producer Emmanuel Benbihy decreed that each of the 11 segments be set in a specific neighborhood, but only a...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Billed as a "collective feature film," this is the second in the "Cities of Love" series, an idea that has so far proved better in theory than execution. As with its predecessor, Paris, je t'aime , there are hits and misses. Producer Emmanuel Benbihy decreed that each of the 11 segments b...
rediff Movies (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
... in the project.New York, I Love You is second part of the "Cities of Love" series produced by Emmanuel Benbihy and Marina Grasic. The first part -- Paris J'Aime featured a segment by Gurinder Chadha. The next part will be set in Shanghai and in 2011 the producers plan on setting the film in Mumbai [ ].The producers were clear about not working with filmmakers whose works are directly...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Review: 'New York, I Love You'The latest in a series of 'Cities of Love' movies that doesn't do New York proud, despite the all-star cast.By Peter Rainerfrom the October 16, 2009 edition One of the more annoying movie franchises is the "Cities of Love" series concocted by producer Emmanuel Benbihy. First there was "Paris, Je t'Aime," and now "New York, I Love You." On deck is Rio de Janeiro,...
