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2014 Cannes Check #3: Xavier Dolan
If number 1 and 2 were easy, number 3 was a lot harder to define as there are several directors in crowded third place. To help my decision had to think about what touches me more in a movie, the...
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2014 Cannes Check #4: Naomi Kawase
One of the two female directors in competition this year and one of the most amazing directors that use the language of images, silences and beauty to tell poignant stories that usually deal with...
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67th Festival de Cannes - The Short Film Corner
Have to admit that 2014 is the year that Cannes Film Festival organizers are really going digital and using more professionally many of the available tools, media, sites, etc available in Internet and...
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2014 Cannes Check #5: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
The master filmmakers brothers from Belgium are what we can consider Cannes regulars and belong to a very exclusive group of directors that have won twice the Palme d'Or with Rosetta (1999) and...
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2014 Cannes Check #6: Made in France
The number six is a group of four directors that were made (born) in France and I group them, to be honest, because none of the French directors in competition excites me as much as other French...
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2014 Cannes Check #7: The Canadians
A group with two directors, one was not born in Canada but grew up there and another is a true Canadian. Both have movies that I like and many more that I do not particularly like.#7.1 Atom EgoyanBorn...
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2014 Cannes Check #8: The British
A group with two well-known directors that have won the Palme d'Or and are regulars of La Croisette.#8.1 Ken LoachWith a very particular filmmaking and storytelling style Ken Loach has been...
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2014 Cannes Check #9: Alice Rohrwacher
The other female filmmaker in competition that with her second film -competes for the Camera d'Or- La Meraviglie comes to Cannes for the second time after her first feature film, Corpo Celeste, was...
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2014 Festival de Cannes Screening Schedule
Today organizers released the screening guide and to my surprise one of my favorite movies is scheduled to screen last, which is a position that usually does not favor any movie in competition. Sigh....
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2014 Cannes Check #10: The Lesser-Known Directors
A group that includes the directors that I am NOT familiar with, that have not seen their previous movies and that will try to "meet" them with this exercise.#10.1 Damián SzifronHave to start by...
View ArticleDFI-FILM Cannes Issue 2014
The Danish Film Institute magazine in its Cannes edition with everything about Danish filmmakers in Cannes this year. Nice readings about The Salvation, Jauja, When Animals Dream (very curious about...
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2014 Festival de Cannes Movies Posters
For the first time this year I was able to have in one place the published posters for almost all films, feature films, documentaries and short films in Cannes. There are many still missing but as soon...
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2014 Cannes Check #11: The Americans
Last from the directors in competition, a group that includes the two directors born in the USA. Quite surprising to notice that spontaneously I believe that the best actor award could come from these...
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58th David di Donatello Nominations
A few minutes ago the Accademia del Cinema Italiano announced the nominations for the yearly Italian cinema top awards and not surprisingly the race is between two movies by two Paolos, both very...
View ArticleTrois Couleurs Magazine
Published on May 6th, 2014. Number 121 with some info about Cannes. Available ONLY in French.
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2014 Cannes Check #12 The Last Check
The last 2014 Cannes Check is dedicated to two directors that have their films in Un Certain Regard. Both are well-known to me and have seen all their previous work.#12.1 Céline SciammaBorn on November...
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Day Minus One at Cannes 2014
In about 24 hours we will have already watched the red carpet and as of this very moment when I'm writing this, we will be waiting for the Opening Ceremony to start. But as we know tomorrow starts a...
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TVFestival LIVE streaming with French or English commentary - you can choose the language HERETVFestival does not allow embeding.Canalplus.fr LIVE StreamingMontée des Marches - Live des Marches Cannes...
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Day 1 at Cannes 2014
Today the cinema party begins with the opening ceremony followed by the screening of the out of competition opening film, Grace of Monaco and the day closes with the first official party. Also today...
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Day 2 at Cannes 2014
The day brings the first 2 films in competition, the opening films in the parallel sections and the screening of films that are competing for the Queer Palm. Last night was the ceremonial Opening...
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