FILMSTRUCK STREAMING VIDEO SERIES

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Back in the fall of 2016 I was working for Forbes. I was writing, directing, and producing a video series entitled NETFLIX NOW! where I highlighted film picks for what to watch on Netflix when I received a press release about a new streaming service that combined the film libraries of Turner Classic Movies with films from the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, Film Movement, First Run Features, Global Lens, Flicker Alley, Icarus Films, Janus Films, MGM, Milestone, Oscilloscope Laboratories, Shout! Factory, and Warner Brothers.

I immediately dropped what I was doing and launched "Filmstruck Streaming" to coincide with the inauguration of this amazing streaming service. 

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Sadly, two years later FilmStruck would be squashed like a bug by Warner Media. The loss of FilmStruck marked an end to Cinema that coincided with Hollywood's despicable tendency toward children's cinema under the guise of a superhero genre lacking any sense of poetry or soul. 

So, here are all 11 episodes of FilmStruck Streaming to give you a sense of how great we once were as a culture of cinephiles and movie lovers.

Bon appétit.

FILMSTRUCK TAKES A RUNNING START

LOS ANGELES TO FRANCE

UNDER PRESSURE

FEAR THE DECLINE OF VIRGIN EATING

CHRISTMAS STAYCATION

UNDERMINING THE NAZIS

FEMINIST THEORIES

PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON

L.A.F.S. DIRECTOR DEBUTS

ON THE FRINGE

LIVING BY THE SWORD

 

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May 31, 2024

SEAN BAKER IN THE CRITERION CLOSET

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May 25, 2024

CANNES 2024 — FULL LIST OF AWARDS

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COMPETITION

ColeSmithey.comPalme d’Or: “Anora” — Sean Baker

 

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Grand Prix: “All We Imagine as Light” — Payal Kapadia

 

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Director: Miguel Gomes — “Grand Tour”

 

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Actor: Jesse Plemons — “Kinds of Kindness”

 

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Best Actresses: “Emilia Pérez”

Jury Prize: “Emilia Pérez”

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Special Award (Prix Spécial): Mohammad Rasoulof — “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

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Screenplay: Coralie Fargeat — “The Substance”

 

UN CERTAIN REGARD

ColeSmithey.comUn Certain Regard Award: “Black Dog” — Guan Hu

Jury Prize: “The Story of Souleymane” — Boris Lojkine

Best Director Prize: “The Damned” — Roberto Minervini

“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” — Rungano Nyoni

Performance Awards: “The Shameless” — Anasuya Sengupta

“The Story of Souleymane” — Abou Sangare

Youth Prize: “Holy Cow!” — Louise Courvoisier

Special Mention: “Norah” — Tawfik Alzaidi

 

OTHER PRIZES
Camera d’Or: “Armand” — Halfdan Ullman Tondel

Camera d’Or Special Mention: “Mongrel” — Chiang Wei Liang, You Qiao Yin

Short Film Palme d’Or: “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” — Nebojša Slijepčević

Short Film Special Mention: “Bad for a Moment” — Daniel Soares

Golden Eye Documentary Prize: “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found” and “The Brink of Dreams”

Queer Palm: “Three Kilometers to the End of the World”

Palme Dog: Kodi — “Palm Dog”

FIPRESCI Award (Competition): “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” — Mohammad Rasoulof

FIPRESCI Award (Un Certain Regard): “The Story of Souleymane” — Boris Lojkine

FIPRESCI Award (Parallel Sections): “Desert of Namibia” — Yoko Yamanaka


DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

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Europa Cinemas Label: “The Other Way Around” — Jonás Trueba

Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: “This Life of Mine” — Sophie Fillières

Audience Choice Award: “Universal Language” — Matthew Rankin


CRITICS’ WEEK

Screen Shot 2024-05-25 at 5.37.30 PMGrand Prize: “Simon of the Mountain” — Federico Luis

French Touch Prize: “Blue Sun Palace” — Constance Tsang

GAN Foundation Award for Distribution: Jour2Fête — “Julie Keeps Quiet”

Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Ricardo Teodoro — “Baby”

Leitz Cine Discovery Prize (short film): “Guil Sela” — Montsouris Park

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May 18, 2024

EMILIA PEREZ — CANNES 2024

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