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nu • 10 j

New Gus van Sant goes down badly in Cannes Actor Matthew McConaughey's new film, The Sea of Trees, was received with boos at the Cannes festival on Friday evening. After press screenings, many film press at the festival let us know with cheers or booing whether they like a new film.

score-magazine • 10 j

Film music has long been a 'secret' for the classical music world Flip Jansen, together with Ingmar Kohl, launched the site Moviesinconcert.nl with an overview of film music concerts and links to concert producers. They have a mission: "Film music was not paid any attention at conservatories for a long time.

bnr • 10 j

Netflix wants to conquer China Netflix wants to conquer China with its series and films. The internet television provider already has subscribers almost everywhere in the world and now the Chinese must join them. Big question: will Netflix make it in China?

nu • 10 j

Calvin Klein 'honors' actresses at Cannes The American fashion house Calvin Klein is organizing an exclusive event in Cannes on May 18 where a number of actresses will be honored. Sienna Milller, Rachel Weisz, Emily Blunt, Isabelle Huppert and Mélanie Laurent, among others, are honored by the brand.

nrc • 10 j

The first real boos in Cannes NRC critic Coen van Zwol is in Cannes for the 68th edition of the famous film festival. We call him every day to hear about the highlights of the past 24 hours.

filmkrant • 10 j

The Filmkrant collects messages from Cannes Reviews, reports and other articles about Cannes are pouring in. For those who are in danger of losing the overview, the Filmkrant collects the most important links in a four-part series.

filmkrant • 10 j

Jan Pieter Ekker blogs from Cannes Filmkrant employee Jan Pieter Ekker blogs for jpekker.nl and filmkrant.nl about the 68th Cannes Film Festival. "If I had been Minister of Defense instead of a film journalist and in North Korea instead of Cannes, I would have been executed now.

filmkrant • 10 j

De Filmkrant about the start of Cannes Last year the Cannes Festival opened with Grace, a princess fairy tale that collapsed like a pudding before the official opening. That did no good to the already fragile reputation of festival openers here. This year it had to be different.

score-magazine • 10 j

Interview with the film composers of REC Sound The Amsterdam composer trio REC Sound once consisted of Melcher Meirmans, Merlijn Snitker and Chrisnanne Wiegel. Merlijn Snitker left the group in 2013 and Joris Oonk joined the company. The film music magazine Score found time for a conversation.

telegraaf • 10 j

Latest Orson Welles completed via crowdfunding Orson Welles' last film "The Other Side of the Wind" was shot between 1970 and 1976. When the shoot was completed the film ran into difficulties. Much of the film's financing came from Iran, where the Shah had just been deposed.

ravage-webzine • 10 j

Flemish Film Festival 2015 descends on Amsterdam The second edition of the Flemish Film Festival aims to show the broadest possible spectrum of current Flemish cinema, both new productions and recent highlights. There is also a lot of attention for short films and there are talk shows with filmmakers.

demorgen • 10 j

Men's activists want us to boycott 'Mad Max' 'Mad Max: Feminist Road' is what American men's rights activists (MRAs) are calling the reboot that is currently showing in cinemas.

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