I just saw Un Prophète, the new film from Jacques Audiard. The first film I saw from this true author was Sur Mes Lèvres, which was very nice. Then I saw De Battre Mon Coeur S’Est Arrêté, which was beautiful. And then came Un Prophète, which is une vrai chef-d’oeuvre. After jacking the Grand Prix in Cannes, it’s predestined to win an Oscar.
This is a funny, cool and creative one, a short animation film completely build of logo’s. It was made by the french collective H5
Not sure what to think of this collaboration between Spike Jonze and Absolut. A love story between two, er, robots, set in LA. Opening at the Sundance Filmfestival this weekend.
This full length documentary is brought to you by the energy drink of Coca Cola called Relentless. It’s about four ‘artists‘ and their commitment to their art.
To close out 2009 in style Christian Annyas decided to update his Movie title stills collection with ‘The End’ of Warner Bros. A series dedicated to the ‘The End’ title screen, all taken from Warner Bros’ movies. Besides the evolution it’s also nice to see the typography.
Sometimes the characters appearing in the dutch/belgium television show Man bijt hond are making me think of Arjan Ederveen’s Borreltijd. Almost can’t believe this is real.
This is the new online fireworks campagne. What can I say, SHIT HAPPENS sometimes!
This weekend’s edition of NRC featured an inspiring interview with Cervélo founder/owner Gérard Vroomen. By spending more money on research rather then on marketing, Cervélo quickly became a trusted manufacter of high-tech speedrace bikes. Check out the worthwhile and well done behind the scenes documentary about their professional cycling team’s first season.
New York City is one of the most photogenic places there is. Its beach area; the neglected resort of Coney Island, looks scary, sad and beautiful at the same time. Joshua Brown and his 5D captured the atmosphere quite well.
This is pretty funny: The makers of Family Guy made a parody of (the best) Star Wars, Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. The trailer looks promising. I hope it is going to be as funny as this Family Guy episode.
A shortfilm by Via Grafik’s Tim Bollinger with cinematographer Daniel Meinl and sound design by Michael Fakesch. The three combine for something that’s beautiful and eerie at the same time. If you like this you might like Antichrist aswell, although i must warn you; it’s quite heavy. So try this first, on Vimeo or below.
Besides one première of a short film with Habbekrats, director Michiel ten Horn had yet another première with ‘Alex in Amsterdam’ which finds its charm in its tempo and details. Check this must-see 40 min fable now for free.
Last Monday was a big night for Habbekrats. We had – national – premières of the short films Arie (directed by Michiel ten Horn) and Caresse (directed by Jim Taihuttu). Both on the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht. If you live in Holland, you can watch Caresse the 30st of September on Ned 2, 15.40 hr. sharp.
Every two months IACW invites one or two Dutch musicians to travel to an inspiring location to write and record an album in collaboration with local musicians. All this is put together in a film and not to forget mentioning a record. The first episode is available online. Next up, Mexico.
Last year, Fresh Paint made a nice compilation of old movie clips in an active filmstudio setting for TCM. This year they did it again with exactly the same concept and music. If an idea is good I think it’s worth to recycle. What do you think? (Thanks to Idents.tv).
For the Dutch Online Film Festival, Pool got its hands on some uncensored casting tapes from Carice van Houten, Tygo Gernandt and some other guy.
Wes Anderson made a stop-motion movie of the book “Fantastic Mr. Fox” by Roald Dahl. I loved the book when I was a little rascal, and now I digg the style he has chosen to animate it. The movie will be first shown at the London Film Festival, and us dutchies have to wait untill December. In the mean time enjoy the trailer!
It’s always good to have some money, especially when it’s so easy to get…
Today the Filmmuseum starts a large retrospective about one of the great moviestars of 60’s & 70’s European cinema, Alain Delon. This French actor played in classic films like Borsalino, Plein Soleil, and Le Samouraï. Films starring this genuine bad boy of cinema (bad reputation, criminal connections etc) can be seen in this beautiful theater all summer long until the 26th of August.
There’s a promising new UK dvd magazine called FILE. The first issue contains over 2 hours worth of content including music videos, short films, and interviews. It’s from one of the co-founders of the Specialten DVD Magazine, Fabio Sebastianelli. The magazine can be ordered online for postage all over the world.
For every movie Pixar creates a lovely short. And now – after Presto (Wall-E) and For the Birds (Monsters Inc), it’s time for… Partly Cloudy.
This game trailer is better than Episodes I-III combined. Dang – Lucas should’ve got BioWare to write his prequels for him.
A great short film written and directed by Tomas Mankovsky. He and the crew got very creative with stop motion for this one. Check out the site or the credits after the video for some ‘making of’ footage. Presented by Blink.
Although it was released in 2006, it never made it to Dutch screens. And I guess Angel-A (a Luc Besson masterpiece) didn’t made it to some other countries as well. A shame for such a thoughtfull black & white hommage to Paris starring Rie Rasmussen and Jamel Debbouze but mainly the city of love.
The E3 is coming. Nowadays we even have developers talking in videos about teasers & trailers. One of the games to watch out for is Mass Effect 2, an american RPG. The first had an unique approach towards story involvement. It turns out that choices you made in part 1, like killing a character, follows through to part 2. Makes you like a movie director in your own sequel.