tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45454113360621134102024-03-14T00:08:09.723+01:00FilmsterFind great movies to watchMaximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-83906010464264230662017-08-20T23:42:00.000+02:002017-08-21T00:02:21.343+02:00La Fille Inconnue (The Unknown Girl), by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There's no music during the closing credits of <i>La Fille Inconnue</i> by the Dardenne brothers. Only the lancinant noise of cars driving by on a slightly wet road on a gray day in Lièges. There's nothing to it. A car and then nothing. Another car and again nothing. Someone going somewhere. How come then, that it's the most touching scene of the movie?<br />
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It's because the Dardenne brothers are virtuosi at showing the inner guts of an insignificant moment. They tell us a plain story, with plain people, busy with their tough routines. Trying to get by. The movie centers on a murder and feels like a thriller. Yet, when the doctor (played by the talented <a href="http://filmsterapp.blogspot.ch/2015/02/cesar-awards.html" target="_blank">Adèle Haenel</a>) finally learns the truth she was so determined to find and reaches some emotional release, she immediately has to take care of an old patient waiting for her. She helps her walk down the stairs, painfully slowly. That's when the genius of the Dardenne brothers strikes you: they show you an anodine moment like we all experience and reveal its unbelievable beauty. The beauty emerges from the emotions that our imagination inhales on the moment.<br />
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Cézanne used to say "<i>La nature est à l'intérieur</i>" (Nature is inside). The Dardenne brothers show that time too is inside. The superficial boredom of their scenes, mostly consisting of uninspired interactions between uninspired people, dissimulates a radical focus on raw poetry.<br />
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A comment on the editing. The cuts are sometimes pretty brutal. The doctor is walking across her office and suddenly she's sitting in a police station. Often there are several seconds before the dialogue, which we catch in the middle, moves forward. The physical movement before the cut is still present in our mind after the cut, and makes us feel the inner turmoil of the character.<br />
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Le Fille Inconnue was in competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Find it on the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/la-fille-inconnue/id1193667969?l=en" target="_blank">French iTunes</a>!</div>
Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-53361615297162451572016-09-23T04:35:00.000+02:002016-09-23T04:35:26.654+02:00Filmster on Apple TV<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Filmster is now available on Apple TV!<br />
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Browse through selections of movies from the best film festivals in the world:<br />
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- Cannes Film Festival<br />
- Venice Film Festival (Mostra)<br />
- Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)<br />
- The Oscars (Academy Awards)<br />
- Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)<br />
- Sundance Film Festival<br />
- César Awards<br />
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Explore top movies selected by international experts and directors:<br />
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- Cahiers du Cinéma: Annual Top 10 Movies<br />
- Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 100 Movies of All Time<br />
- Sight & Sound: Greatest Movies of All Time (Critics)<br />
- Sight & Sound: Greatest Movies of All Time (Directors)<br />
- Sight & Sound: Greatest Documentaries of All Time<br />
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Enjoy many beautiful films!</div>
Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-72836673414170965992016-01-13T01:19:00.000+01:002016-01-13T01:40:44.889+01:00Golden Globes 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The 73rd Golden Globes Awards were held on January 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills. Lucky winners include:<br />
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<li>Best Drama: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-revenant/id1067140154?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">The Revenant</a>, by Alejandro G. Iñárritu</li>
<li>Best Musical or Comedy: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-martian/id1039586890?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">The Martian</a>, by Ridley Scott</li>
<li>Best Director: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-revenant/id1067140154?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">The Revenant</a>, by Alejandro G. Iñárritu</li>
<li>Best Actress (Drama): Brie Larson in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/room/id1040361412?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Room</a></li>
<li>Best Actor (Drama): Leonardo DiCaprio in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-revenant/id1067140154?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">The Revenant</a></li>
<li>Best Actress (Comedy): Jennifer Lawrence in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/joy/id1068333966?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Joy</a> </li>
<li>Best Actor (Comedy): Matt Damon in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-martian/id1039586890?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">The Martian </a></li>
<li>Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin for Steve Jobs</li>
<li>Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul by László Nemes</li>
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Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-82319718844192907422015-10-21T04:41:00.005+02:002015-10-21T04:45:10.142+02:00Movie-recommendation app Filmster launches FilmsterOnline.com<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Filmster finds the best movies on iTunes and Netflix, based on their selection by international film festivals and award ceremonies.</h2>
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Cinephiles' beloved app Filmster announces the launch of <a href="http://filmsteronline.com/">FilmsterOnline.com</a>. Movies available on iTunes and Netflix are listed according to the awards that they won at top film competitions: Cannes Film Festival, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, Sundance<span id="goog_1758340148"></span><span id="goog_1758340149"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>, The Oscars, Césars Awards. Novelties include polls of the Greatest Movies of All Time by the magazine Sight & Sound, and TV series nominated for Emmy Awards.</div>
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Finding a good film on iTunes or Netflix can turn into an ordeal for true movie-lovers. Standard search options focus on popularity rather than quality, which often disagree. Filmster's philosophy is to offer new ways of finding the most interesting films available on iTunes and Netflix. Main search criteria are film competitions and award categories. Filmster can for example find films that won Best Director awards at the Cannes or Venice Film Festival. There are also annual top 10 lists by French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma, All Time lists by Sight & Sound, and favorite films of famous directors (Coppola, Kubrick, Scorsese, Tarantino, and more). It has never been easier to find a great movie to watch.<br />
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"Filmster allows cinephiles to discover all the movie-gems buried in the vast catalogues on iTunes and Netflix." -- Maxime Gabella, creator of Filmster<br />
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<a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/10/prweb13028753.htm" target="_blank">Press release</a><br />
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Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-34478946307027869352015-10-17T00:35:00.001+02:002015-10-17T00:48:45.208+02:00Great movies recently added to iTunes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are some of the best movies that have recently appeared on the US iTunes Store (as of October 2015):<br />
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-assassin/id1048014160?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Assassin</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Hsiao-Hsien Hou</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cannes 2015</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span id="awardDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Best Director</span></li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/sicario/id1040631578?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sicario</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Denis Villeneuve</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cannes 2015</span></li>
<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-homesman/id938092712?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Homesman</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 15px;">Tommy Lee Jones</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cannes 2014</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/wild-tales/id988676627?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wild Tales</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 15px;">Damián Szifrón</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cannes 2014</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/borgman/id894811144?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Borgman</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Alex van Warmerdam</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Cannes 2013</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/behind-the-candelabra/id656542705?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Behind the Candelabra</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 15px;">Steven Soderbergh</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cannes 2013</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/birdman/id928582124?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Birdman</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 15px;">Alejandro González Iñárritu</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Oscars 2014</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="awardDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay</span></span></li>
<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/selma/id950562460?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Selma</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 15px;">Ava DuVernay</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Oscars 2014</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/boyhood/id898212062?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Boyhood</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 15px;">Richard Linklater</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Oscars 2014</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/pigeon-sat-on-branch-reflecting/id1039228020?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 15px;">Roy Andersson</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Venice 2014</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="awardDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best Film</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/hungry-hearts/id999290037?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hungry Hearts</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 15px;">Saverio Costanzo</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Venice 2014</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="awardDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best Actress, Best Actor</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: goldenrod; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/stations-of-the-cross/id991206948?uo=4&at=1l3vvZJ" id="titleDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Stations of the Cross</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="directorDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8; font-size: 15px;">Dietrich Brüggemann</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="eventDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Berlin 2014</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #c8c8c8;" /><span id="awardDisplay" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Best Screenplay</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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These great recent movies should be available to Rent, Buy, or Pre-Order.<br />
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Find many more delectable films on <a href="http://filmsteronline.com/">FilmsterOnline.com</a>!<br />
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Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-56408659219411296912015-09-09T03:01:00.000+02:002015-09-09T03:01:01.916+02:00FilmsterOnline.com - find the best films on iTunes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You can now use Filmster on your computer at <a href="http://filmsteronline.com/">FilmsterOnline.com</a> and find the finest movies on iTunes. If you are looking for a great movie to download and you are not satisfied with algorithmic recommendations, check out Filmster's selection, from top film festivals - Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto - and from the Oscars and Césars Awards. In addition, you will find gems among the annual top 10 lists by the prestigious French review Cahiers du Cinéma, the 2012 polls by Sight&Sound for the top movies of all time, and famous directors' lists of their favorite films. <a href="http://filmsteronline.com/">FilmsterOnline.com</a> is the best way to discover exciting films to watch with your friends!</div>
Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-75249174303825106942015-08-13T06:27:00.002+02:002015-08-13T06:27:52.201+02:00Cecilia Music - Best Albums on iTunes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://ceciliaapp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cecilia</a> is the music counterpart of Filmster. It finds the best albums on iTunes and Apple Music, as selected by the Grammy Awards, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Consequence of Sound, the Gramophone Awards, Diapason d'Or, and Down Beat. There are 3000 fantastically good albums for you to discover!<br />
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Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-30631562222770749032015-04-23T17:39:00.003+02:002015-04-25T23:39:17.878+02:00Cannes 2015: Jury<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It was known for some time that the <a href="http://filmsterapp.blogspot.de/2015/03/2015-cannes-film-festival-coen-brothers.html" target="_blank">Coen Brothers</a> will preside at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and now the full list of members of the Jury has been <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/61318.html" target="_blank">announced</a>. It consists of the following distinguished ladies and gentlemen:<br />
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<li>Joel and Ethan Coen</li>
<li>Rossy de Palma</li>
<li>Sophie Marceau</li>
<li>Sienna Miller</li>
<li>Rokia Traoré</li>
<li>Guillermo del Toro</li>
<li>Xavier Dolan</li>
<li>Jake Gyllenhaal</li>
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Can you guess from their personalities which film will get the Palme d'Or?<br />
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It is a bit surprising to find Rokia Traoré among the Jury members, since she doesn't seem to have any obvious connections with cinema. Nevertheless, she is undoubtedly a very gifted music artist, so the organizers made a great choice. She was born in Mali but travelled most of her youth and is now London-based, if I'm not mistaken. Her influences are so broad that she passes for a Londoner musician in Mali and for a Malian musician in London. Her 2003 album <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bowmboi/id21819312?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Bowmboi</a> is wonderful, and even features the renown Kronos Quartet.<br />
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Rossy de Palma will bring some Movida madness to the Jury. She performed in many movies by Pedro Almodovar, such as the hilarious <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/tie-me-up!-tie-me-down!/id893400167?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Tie me up! Tie me down!</a><br />
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Hopefully Sophie Marceau will be less stressed out than in 1999 when she delivered <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bXVR80O_gM" target="_blank">a speech</a> that went down in history as a masterpiece of vacuity and awkwardness.<br />
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It's fantastic that the organizers also chose the remarkably talented Canadian director Xavier Dolan. Although he's only 26, he is already very accomplished, and won the Jury Prize last year for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/mommy/id957577068?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Mommy</a>. Actually he shared it with none other than Jean-Luc Godard for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/goodbye-to-language/id967337981?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Goodbye to Language</a>!<br />
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Given the energy and freshness of this Jury, I wouldn't be surprised if the Palme d'Or went to László Nemes for his <u>first</u> film <i>Saul Fia</i> (<i>Son of Saul</i>). I don't think this ever happened in the history of Cannes Film Festival.<br />
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Note also that the delightful Isabella Rossellini will be the president of the <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/61298.html" target="_blank"><i>Un Certain Regard</i> Jury</a>. Will she favor some <a href="http://www.sundance.tv/series/greenporno" target="_blank">Green Porno</a>?<br />
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Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-44362649924493483782015-04-16T16:28:00.002+02:002015-04-17T05:27:29.080+02:00Official Selection for Cannes 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Official Selection for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival has been announced today!<br />
Discover it on the <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/61306.html" target="_blank">Festival's website</a>. There's a lot of goodies.<br />
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Some well-established directors are in competition, such as Nanni Moretti, who won the Palme d'Or in 2001 for <i>The Son's Room</i> (<i>La stanza del figlio</i>), Gus Van Sant, who won it in 2003 for Elephant, and Hou Hsiao-Hsien who has been in competition six times and won the Jury Prize in 1993 for <i>The Puppetmaster</i>. But there is also a lot of newcomers, and in particular the Hungarian László Nemes, who was the assistant of Bela Tarr, with his first film, <i>Saul Fia</i> (<i>Son of Saul</i>).<br />
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Woody Allen will present <i>Irrational Man</i> out of competition.</div>
Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-3080193850596684232015-04-10T05:32:00.000+02:002015-04-10T05:37:53.642+02:00How to stream a movie from your iPhone to your Apple TV using AirPlay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Filmster exists as an iPhone app which allows you to find the cream of the cream among the movies on iTunes. Once you find a movie that you want to watch, you can buy or rent it, but does that mean that you will have to watch it on your iPhone? I don't think that David Lynch would approve...<br />
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Fortunately, <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201267" target="_blank">Apple recently</a> made it possible to transfer an iTunes Store purchase from an iPhone (or other iOS device) to a computer. Even easier: you can just re-download the purchase on the computer thanks to iCould. This makes a lot of sense.<br />
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But there is an even cooler option. If you're the lucky owner of an Apple TV (only $69), you can stream the movie from your iPhone to your TV screen. For this, you simply use <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204289" target="_blank">AirPlay</a>, which can be activated from the Control Center (swipe up from the bottom of your screen).<br />
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So there is no need to transfer or re-download your movie, it just plays smoothly and wirelessly on your TV!<br />
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Now you can really watch <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/mulholland-drive/id288857734?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Mulholland Drive</a> without pissing off its genius director.</div>
Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-550338964514830292015-03-19T11:56:00.001+01:002015-03-19T19:25:42.663+01:002015 Cannes Film Festival: Coen brothers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The 68th edition of the <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html" target="_blank">Cannes Film Festival</a> will be held from 13 to 24 May 2015. For the first time the President of the Jury will be bicephalic [only one "l"!] in the person of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_brothers" target="_blank">Coen brothers</a>, namely Joel (60) and Ethan (57). If we also add "Roderick Jaynes," the alias under which they edit their films, we get to the picture of a three-headed dog that will defend the imaginary world of cinema just like Cerberus was guarding the entrance of the Greek underworld (drawing by William Blake, 1824-1827).<br />
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It is quite remarkable that two individuals collaborate so well together and so persistently that they end up being known primarily as a unique composite entity. In fact, such a close collaboration seems to require also some consanguinity. The only counter-example that I can think of is the Straub-Huillet duo of filmmakers, but then they were married. The prominence of the duo apparently even transcends death, since the films directed by Jean-Marie Straub since the death of Danièle Huillet in 2006 are still part of its <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie_Straub_et_Dani%C3%A8le_Huillet#Filmographie" target="_blank">filmography</a> on the French Wikipedia. (Other collaborative couples in art include the duo of photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, or with the duo of artists Gilbert & George.) It is easier to find examples of cinematic brothers: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Palme d'Or for <i>Rosetta</i> in 1999 and again for <i>L'Enfant</i> (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/lenfant/id293120489?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank"><i>The Child</i></a>) in 2005), Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Palme d'Or for <i>Padre Padrone</i> (<i>Father and Master</i>) in 1977 and Golden Bear for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/caesar-must-die-subtitled/id766989583?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank"><i>Caesar Must Die</i></a> in 2012), or even the Wachowski "brothers" (<i>The Matrix</i>). See more brothers <a href="http://cassavafilms.com/list-of-9/nine-pairs-of-filmmaker-brothers" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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A natural explanation for the ubiquity of cinema duos could be searched in the transdisciplinarity inherent to filmmaking. The creation of a movie involves a relatively large number of diverse activities, from screenwriting to production, from direction to editing. It's a tantalising task for a single creator to succeed in achieving a satisfactory level of involvement in all these aspects of filmmaking. So it clearly helps to be more than one for that. But then why so specifically brothers, and not simply friends of colleagues? The thing is that in order for the collaboration to work, the vision for the movie, the creative source must coincide precisely in the minds of the two directors. This is obviously very hard to achieve: we have no means to directly communicate images from mind to mind, and language cannot transmit the true essence of a cinematic vision (it can indeed be argued that cinema is a genuine art inasmuch as it is able to convey more than language). Then it makes sense that successful duos of filmmakers consists of partners that not only happen to have affinities, but moreover developed their sensitivities together, just like brothers with the same passion would.<br />
The close relation between cinema and childhood makes it probable that children reinforce each other's fascination.<br />
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A similar argument would be to consider the idea that a good film needs to be rich, in the sense that it should constitute a synthesis of broad array of perspectives on several level: emotional, intellectual, sensual, etc. And again it is certainly simpler to achieve this breadth when one has more than one heart and spirit. It is interesting to notice that both Ethan Coen and Luc Dardenne did not study film or drama like their brothers, but rather philosophy. This might have helped their respective duos to produce films with considerable existential width.<br />
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We could however go further and wonder if there is not something deeper in the relation between brotherhood and cinema. Just remember that the first filmmakers in history were none other than the brothers Louis and Auguste Lumière!<br />
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Of course, there is nothing surprising at the end of the XIXth century for two brothers to end up working together in their father's firm. Many if not most businesses were family businesses at the time. Is there more to it? Did the fact that the first (true) motion picture, <i>Sortie de l'usine Lumière de Lyon</i> (1895), was created by brothers set a precedent in the subconscious history of cinema?<br />
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PS: serendipitously, this first motion picture ever was shot <u>exactly</u> 120 years before the publication of this post!</div>
Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-22822766048394317982015-03-14T00:37:00.002+01:002015-03-14T13:36:30.111+01:00Toronto International Film Festival <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The <a href="http://www.tiff.net/" target="_blank">Toronto International Film Festival</a> (TIFF) is North America's most popular film festival. Each year hundreds of carefully selected films from all over the world are screened in a variety of <a href="http://www.tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/programmes" target="_blank">programmes</a>. TIFF is non-competitive, which means that there is no jury. The audiences vote for their favourite movies and the movie with the highest rating receives the People's Choice Award.<br />
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The next version of Filmster will contain almost 600 films that were shown at TIFF since 2000. For concreteness, the films are taken from the two most important programmes: Gala Presentation (major movies), and Masters (art-house filmmakers). The names of the awards have been standardised, so that Best Film corresponds to the People's Choice Award, and Best Director to the First Runner Up. The Midnight Madness Award and Documentary Award are also sometimes included.<br />
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As a preview, here are the films that were selected in the Masters Programme in 2014:<br />
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<li><i>1001 Grams</i> by Bent Hamer</li>
<li><i>A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence</i> by Roy Andersson</li>
<li><i>The Face of an Angel</i> by Michael Winterbottom</li>
<li><i>Foreign Body</i> by Krzysztof Zanussi</li>
<li><i>The Golden Era</i> by Ann Hui</li>
<li><i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/goodbye-to-language/id967337981?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Goodbye to Language</a></i> by Jean-Luc Godard</li>
<li><i>Hill of Freedom</i> by Hong Sang-soo</li>
<li><i>Leviathan</i> by Andrey Zvyagintsev</li>
<li><i>Murder in Pacot</i> by Raoul Peck</li>
<li><i>Revivre</i> by Im Kwon-taek</li>
<li><i>The Tale of Princess Kaguya</i> by Isao Takahata</li>
<li><i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/timbuktu/id964920599?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Timbuktu</a></i> by Abderrahmane Sissako</li>
<li><i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/movie/trick-or-treaty/id910674505?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Trick or Treaty?</a></i> by Alanis Obomsawin</li>
<li><i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/winter-sleep/id965745254?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Winter Sleep</a></i> by Nuri Bilge Ceylan</li>
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Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-25897319624769876892015-03-11T23:39:00.002+01:002015-03-11T23:41:26.014+01:00Filmster 1.1: Video Preview<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Version 1.1 of Filmster is waiting for review on iTunes Connect.<br />
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Here's already a video preview of it:<br />
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Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-18486338921917960042015-03-01T21:33:00.000+01:002015-03-02T15:48:18.610+01:00Facebook page for Filmster<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There is now a brand new <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Filmster" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> for Filmster.<br />
Go there, like it, share it, do what people do on FB!</div>
Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-36860387126551120542015-02-22T15:23:00.003+01:002015-02-25T11:39:24.578+01:00Oscars 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The winners of <a href="http://oscar.go.com/" target="_blank">The Oscars 2015</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Academy_Awards" target="_blank">87th Academy Awards</a>, will be included in the next version of <a href="http://filmsterapp.blogspot.de/2015/01/filmster-is-tool-to-find-best-films-on.html">Filmster</a>. The nominees for Best Picture are<br />
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/american-sniper/id948537335?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">American Sniper</a>, Clint Eastwood</li>
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/birdman/id928582124?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Birdman</a>, Alejandro González Iñárritu</li>
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/boyhood/id898212062?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Boyhood</a>, Richard Linklater</li>
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-grand-budapest-hotel/id828777452?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">The Grand Budapest Hotel</a>, Wes Anderson</li>
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-imitation-game/id951103573?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">The Imitation Game</a>, Morten Tyldum</li>
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/selma/id950562460?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Selma</a>, Ava DuVernay</li>
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-theory-of-everything/id942799869?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">The Theory of Everything</a>, James Marsh</li>
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/whiplash/id935216672?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Whiplash</a>, Damien Chazelle</li>
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The winners of the most important Awards are<br />
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<li><u>Best Film</u>: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/birdman/id928582124?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Birdman</a>, Alejandro González Iñárritu</li>
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<li><u>Best Director</u>: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/birdman/id928582124?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Birdman</a>, Alejandro González Iñárritu</li>
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<li><u>Best Actress</u>: Julianne Moore -- <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/still-alice/id960527438?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Still Alice</a>, Richard Glatzer</li>
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<li><u>Best Actor</u>: Eddie Redmayne -- <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-theory-of-everything/id942799869?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">The Theory of Everything</a>, James Marsh</li>
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<li><u>Best Screenplay</u>: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/birdman/id928582124?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Birdman</a>, Alejandro González Iñárritu</li>
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<li><u>Best Foreign Language Film</u>: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/ida/id890137877?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Ida</a>, Paweł Pawlikowski</li>
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Twelve years is a long time for a Best Supporting Actress Award, isn't it?<br />
At least <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/12-years-a-slave/id740366955?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">12 Years a Slave</a> got Best Picture...</div>
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Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-33065095652020523962015-02-21T18:14:00.000+01:002015-03-02T18:15:49.079+01:00César Awards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A great addition to <a href="http://filmsterapp.blogspot.de/2015/01/filmster-is-tool-to-find-best-films-on.html">Filmster</a> would be the films selected for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Award" target="_blank">César Awards</a>, the French equivalent of the Academy Awards in the United States.<br />
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The 40th César Awards ceremony took place on 20 February 2015 in Paris. The following films were nominated for Best Film:<br />
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/timbuktu/id964920599?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Timbuktu</a>, Abderrahmane Sissako</li>
<li>Love at First Fight (<i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/les-combattants/id932883233?l=en&at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Les Combattants</a></i>), Thomas Cailley</li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/eastern-boys/id904823417?l=en&at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Eastern Boys</a>, Robin Campillo</li>
<li>The Bélier Family (<i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/la-famille-belier/id950381703?l=en&at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">La Famille Bélier</a></i>), Éric Lartigau</li>
<li>Hippocrates (<i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/hippocrate/id934752308?l=en&at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Hippocrate</a></i>), Thomas Lilti</li>
<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/saint-laurent/id953772723?l=en&at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Saint Laurent</a>, Bertrand Bonello</li>
<li>Clouds of Sils Maria (<i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/sils-maria/id956725234?l=en&at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Sils Maria</a></i>), Olivier Assayas</li>
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The winners of the most important awards are<br />
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<li><u>Best Film</u>: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/timbuktu/id964920599?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Timbuktu</a>, Abderrahmane Sissako</li>
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<li><u>Best Actress</u>: Adèle Haenel -- Love at First Fight (<i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/les-combattants/id932883233?l=en&at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Les Combattants</a></i>), Thomas Cailley</li>
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<li><u>Best Actor</u>: Pierre Niney -- <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/yves-saint-laurent/id806059030?l=en&at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Yves Saint Laurent</a>, Jalil Lespert</li>
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<li><u>Best Screenplay</u>: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/timbuktu/id964920599?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Timbuktu</a>, Abderrahmane Sissako</li>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/timbuktu/id964920599?at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">Timbuktu</a> also won Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, and Best Music, totalising seven awards!</div>
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Congratulations to Adèle Haenel, who seems to have a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFoqZI0c9UQ" target="_blank">remarkably original</a> personality.<br />
See also <a href="http://www.universcine.com/articles/cannes-2014-l-autre-vie-d-adele" target="_blank">her interview</a> at <a href="http://www.universcine.com/" target="_blank">UniversCiné</a>.<br />
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Pierre Niney gave a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN5ddP0bqRk" target="_blank">vibrant speech</a>, stressing the necessity to have in France a "youth that dreams" ("<i>une jeunesee qui rêve</i>") thank to the "benevolence" of the established artists. At age 25, he is the youngest recipient of the César Award for Best Actor (since 2010, he is also the youngest member of the Comédie-Française). His performance in <i><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/fr/movie/20-ans-decart/id640570721?l=en&at=1l3vvZJ" target="_blank">20 Ans d'Ecart</a> </i>was splendid. But above all, I would warmly recommend <a href="http://www.canalplus.fr/c-divertissement/pid6349-c-castings.html" target="_blank">Casting(s)</a>, the hilarious short tv series that he co-created. Episode 1.14 <i>MC Clash: Biopic d'un rappeur </i>is a masterpiece of ridiculousness. Watch also <a href="http://www.canalplus.fr/c-divertissement/pid6349-c-castings.html?vid=1070356" target="_blank">Avalanche</a> with the very funny Laurent Lafitte.</div>
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Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-36904224579184626982015-02-20T23:30:00.000+01:002015-02-23T00:14:26.729+01:00Apple Daily Report<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Filmster was mentioned among the <a href="http://appledailyreport.com/latest-ios-apps-feb-20/" target="_blank">apps of the day</a> on Dennis Sellers' <a href="http://appledailyreport.com/" target="_blank">Apple Daily Report</a>. Good pick! :)</div>
Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-69006568353033968112015-02-19T15:08:00.000+01:002015-02-22T15:28:47.187+01:00Press Release for Filmster 1.0<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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[prMac.com] Lausanne, Switzerland - Independent developer, Maxime Gabella today is proud to introduce <a href="http://filmsterapp.blogspot.de/2015/01/filmster-is-tool-to-find-best-films-on.html">Filmster</a> for iOS devices. The app searches iTunes for films that were in competition at top international film festivals---Cannes, Venice, Berlin---and at the Oscars. It creates a list of available films specifying the awards that they won. All film enthusiasts can benefit from this quick and enlightened way to find gold on iTunes.<br />
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Looking for a good movie on iTunes can turn into a challenging experience. The homepage is flooded with movies sorted by release date or genre, but only very few of them are genuinely interesting. The "Bestsellers" are promoted blindly, regardless of their (dubious) quality. Even though it is not possible to use it in the search, some qualitative information is provided by the "Ratings." However, they are averaged over many contributors, which dilutes their critical relevance.<br />
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Filmster is designed to boost iTunes search engine. It relies on film festivals and award ceremonies, whose vocation is precisely to select the most exciting films in the world. The user can choose between four major events: Cannes, Venice, Berlin Film Festivals, and The Oscars. The search can be refined with the categories of awards and the years (1981-2014). Filmster then generates a list of films satisfying these criteria, and tapping on one of them redirects to the iTunes Store in the user's country (adjustable in the Parameters). Just like in gold panning, dull films spilled out and only the gold remains!<br />
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"Quantitative classifications by bestsellers, popularity, or average ratings do not accurately reflect the quality of the films they are promoting. It makes much more sense to trust specific cinema experts to select truly fascinating films," said Maxime Gabella, creator of Filmster.<br />
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Upcoming versions of Filmster will involve more festivals (Toronto, Sundance, Tribeca, and more) and more award ceremonies (BAFTA, Cesar), as well as top-film lists by celebrated directors.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;">Filmster 1.0 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category. The app works best with iTunes Stores in English or other European languages. </span></span></div>
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Independent developer, Maxime Gabella is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2015 Maxime Gabella. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.</div>
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<a href="http://prmac.com/release-id-73499.htm" target="_blank">Press release at prMac.com</a></div>
Maximehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820669704568697363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545411336062113410.post-87306113708229167212015-01-21T20:33:00.001+01:002015-02-22T15:12:44.639+01:00Filmster: description<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><b>Filmster</b></span> is an iOS app about prestigious films that were selected by international film festivals and award ceremonies. Filmster is currently adapted for iPhone (4S or later) and iPad.<br />
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The concept is very simple. You filter films according to the events that selected them and the awards that they won. Filmster then finds the corresponding films that are available on your iTunes Store.<br />
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You can choose between four important <b><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Events</span></b>:</div>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_International_Film_Festival">Berlin International Film Festival</a> (Berlinale)</li>
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You can then select the categories of <span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Awards</b></span> that most interest you:</div>
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The names of the awards have been homogenized. For example, the category "Best Film" corresponds to the <i>Palme d'Or </i>(Golden Palm) in Cannes, the <i>Leone d'Oro</i> (Golden Lion) in Venice, the <i>Goldener Bär</i> (Golden Bear) in Berlin, and the Best Picture at The Oscars.<br />
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The category "All awards" includes not only all the awards above, but also some special awards.</div>
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The category "All films in competition" includes all the films that were selected or nominated, whether they won an award or not.<br />
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You can also adjust the <span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Years</b></span> of the events: from 2014 back to 1981 for Cannes and The Oscars, and to 2000 for Venice and Berlin. This represents a total of about 1500 films.<br />
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Filmster then creates a list of films satisfying your criteria and searches for them on your <b><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">iTunes Store</span></b>. The films that are found are highlighted by an image and a small iTunes badge, while the films that are not found turn gray. Tapping on the row of a highlighted film redirects you to its page on your iTunes Store, where you can buy or rent it.<br />
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<i>A word of <u>caution</u> is in order here. Even though Filmster is extremely accurate in its search, it is not entirely perfect. There are two types of potential issues. Firstly, a film that is available on iTunes may be missing from the results given by Filmster. This is most often explained by the fact that the title of the film is given in a translated form on iTunes (Filmster's database only contains the original title and the English title), or by the absence of the director's name. Secondly, in rare cases there can be a mismatch between the film listed in the results and the film that was searched for. If you find such a mismatch, it would be very helpful if you could <a href="mailto:filmsterContact@gmail.com">notify us</a>.</i><br />
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In the Parameters, you can select the <span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Country</b></span> of your iTunes Store. The default country is USA. For the reasons just mentioned, the search works best for iTunes Stores in English-speaking countries, but it also works very well in most European languages. For other languages the search is incomplete. There is also a <a href="mailto:filmsterContact@gmail.com">Contact Us</a> button, which allows you to send feedback on Filmster.</div>
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