petek, 31. marec 2017

Patriots Day (2016)



Slo naslov: Bostonski heroji
Država: ZDA
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2016
Dolžina: 133',  Imdb
Žanri: Drama, Zgodovinski, Triler
Slo recenzija: RTV SLO MMC
Režija: Peter Berg
Scenarij: Peter Berg, Matt Cook
Igrajo: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, Dicky Eklund Jr., Michael Marchand, Rhet Kidd, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon

[SLO]


Film, ki je nastal na podlagi resničnih dogodkov, je zgodba o neverjetnem pogumu celotne skupnosti, pahnjene v težke trenutke; niza dogodke, ki so obdajali bombni napad na bostonski maraton in v slogu napete srhljivke podaja podrobnosti o enem najbolj pretanjenih in najbolje domišljenih pregonov na storilce v zgodovini obstoja policijskih sil. Zgodba filma črpa iz pričevanj resničnih preživelih, tistih, ki so na prizorišče na pomoč prišli prvi, osebja bolnišnic, preiskovalcev, vladnih uslužbencev in običajnih državljanov. [Kolosej]

[ENG]


On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces with the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. [Kenneth Chisholm @Imdb]

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četrtek, 30. marec 2017

Miss Stevens (2016)


Slo naslov: -
Država: ZDA
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2016
Dolžina: 86', Imdb
Žanri: Komedija, Drama
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: Julia Hart
Scenarij: Julia Hart, Jordan Horowitz
Igrajo: Lily Rabe, Timothee Chalamet, Lili Reinhart, Anthony Quintal, Oscar Nunez, Rob Huebel

[ENG]


Stuck at a crossroads in her personal life, it falls on Miss Stevens to chaperone three of her students - Billy, Margot and Sam - on a weekend trip to a drama competition. Exploring the fine line between being a grown up and being a kid, MISS STEVENS is about students becoming teachers and teachers realizing that the messiness of youth never really goes away.


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Acknowledges that the boundary between instructor and charge is a necessary but complicated one, especially when messy, needy, well-meaning human beings are on both sides of that line.
[Robert Abele, The Warp]

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sreda, 29. marec 2017

Detour (2016)



Slo naslov: -

Država: VB, Južna Afrika
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2016
Dolžina: 107',  Imdb
Žanri: Triler, Krimi
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: Christopher Smith
Scenarij: Christopher Smith
Igrajo: Tye Sheridan, Emory Cohen, Bel Powley, Jared Abrahamson, John Lynch

[ENG]


Law student and all round good guy, Harper, suspects that his scheming step-father, Vincent, is responsible for the car crash that sent his mother into a coma. Drowning his sorrows one evening in a seedy L.A whiskey bar, Harper is interrupted by a tough looking redneck called Johnny Ray who offers to 'take care' of his step-dad for the cool sum of US$20,000. Angry, intent on revenge and fuelled by alcohol, Harper agrees to the deal and spends the rest of his evening downing shots with Johnny Ray. The next morning, Harper awakes to the mother of all hangovers with hazy memory of the previous night's events. Answering a knock at the front door, he is surprised to find Johnny Ray and his beautiful but distant girlfriend, Cherry, ready and waiting to drive to Vegas to kill Vincent. Harper's claims that he was drunk and didn't know what he was doing mean nothing to Johnny Ray who is more threatening than ever in the cold light of day. Harper quickly realises that there is no easy way out; ... [Imdb]


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torek, 28. marec 2017

Gazda (2016)

aka The Boss


Slo naslov: -
Angleški naslov: The Boss
Država: Hrvaška
Jezik: Hrvaščina
Leto: 2016
Dolžina: 72' ,  Imdb
Žanri: Dokumentarni
Slo recenzija: RTV SLO MMC
Režija: Dario Juričan
Scenarij: Dario Juričan
Igrajo: Ivica Todorić, Stjepan Mesić, Zdravko Tomac, Dario Juričan

Via Motovun Film Festival

[ENG]


Ljudevit Juričan worked in Konzum retail chain for 40 years. He was of the same age as his long-time employer Ivica Todorić. They both went to the same high school in Zagreb. They both had their first child in 1976. Ivica Todorić had his daughter Iva and Ljudevit Juričan had his son Dario. Dario wanted to interview his father's employer, but Ivica Todorić refused him. Dario had no other choice but to look for the answers himself.

[CRO]


Ljudevit Juričan 40 je godina radio u Konzumu. Bio je vršnjak sa svojim dugogodišnjim poslodavcem Ivicom Todorićem. Srednju školu obojica su završili u Zagrebu, a prvo dijete su dobili 1976. – Ivica Todorić kćer Ivu, a Ljudevit Juričan sina Darija. Dario je želio napraviti intervju s očevim poslodavcem, ali on to nije htio. Dariju nije preostalo ništa drugo nego sam saznati odgovore.


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ponedeljek, 27. marec 2017

Hunter Gatherer (2016)



Slo naslov: -
Država: ZDA
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2016
Dolžina: 90' , Imdb
Žanri: Drama
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: Joshua Locy
Scenarij: Joshua Locy
Igrajo: Andre Royo, Kellee Stewart, Ashley Wilkerson, Kevin Jackson

[ENG]


Ashley Douglas thinks everything should fall into place when he's released after three years in prison. His friends should come to his welcome home party. (They don't.) His girlfriend, Linda, should greet him with open arms and open legs. (She doesn't.) So Ashley, a forty-something African-American, restarts his life with next to nothing: no friends, no lovers, no connections. All he has is a bedroom in his mom's house, a box of treasures he buried in his back yard, and a nostalgic and deeply ingrained need to be with Linda--his one, true love. That is, until he meets a new friend, Jeremy, and things start to turn around.


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nedelja, 26. marec 2017

Capturing the Friedmans (2003)



Slo naslov: Lov na Friedmane
Država: ZDA
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2003
Dolžina: 107',  Imdb
Žanri: Dokumentarni, Biografija
Slo recenzija: Lidija Gornik - Lidač
Režija: Andrew Jarecki
Scenarij: Andrew Jarecki
Igrajo: Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman

[ENG]


In the late 1980's, the Friedmans - father and respected computer and music teacher Arnold Friedman, mother and housewife Elaine Friedman, and their three grown sons, David Friedman, Seth Friedman and Jesse Friedman - of Great Neck, Long Island, are seemingly your typical middle class American family. They all admit that the marriage was by no means close to being harmonious - Arnold and Elaine eventually got divorced - but the sons talk of their father, while also not being always there for them, as being a good man. This façade of respectability masks the fact that Arnold was buying and distributing child pornography. Following a sting operation to confirm this fact, the authorities began to investigate Arnold for sexual abuse of the minor-aged male students of his computer classes, which he held in the basement of the family home. Based on interviews with the students, not only was Arnold charged with and ultimately convicted of multiple counts of sodomy and sexual abuse of these ... [By Hugo @Imdb]


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sobota, 25. marec 2017

Paris, Texas (1984)



Slo naslov: Paris, Texas 
Država: Nemčija, Francija, VB, ZDA
Leto: 1984
Dolžina: 147' ,  Imdb
Žanri: Drama 
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: Wim Wenders
Scenarij: Sam Shepard, L. M. Kit Carson
Igrajo: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassia Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Hunter Carson

[SLO]


Molčečega in povsem nesocialnega moža (Harry Dean Stanton) v vlogi svojega življenja), ki se je po ločitvi umaknil v popolno samoto, brat pripelje k svoji družini in njegovemu sinu. Počasi se zbližata in se skupaj odpravita iskati njegovo mater (Nastassja Kinski). Wenders na vrhuncu svojih moči … [Zavod Udarnik]

[ENG]


Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) is wandering through the Texas desert, a bit shaky and in desperate need of water, when he stumbles into a bar and collapses. A German doctor of dubious credentials finds a phone number in Travis' wallet, which belongs to his brother, Walt (Dean Stockwell). Walt is shocked to hear about his brother's condition, since no one in the family has seen or heard from Travis in four years; Walt flies to Texas to bring him home, only to find Travis wandering by the side of the road, and they begin the long drive back to Los Angeles, where Walt lives with his wife, Anne (Aurore Clement), and Hunter (Hunter Carson), Travis' seven-year-old son. At first, Travis refuses to speak and is oddly distant, but in time he begins to talk again, and when he arrives in California, he begins the painful process of reacquainting himself with his son and trying to reconcile with his wife, Jane (Nastassia Kinski).

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petek, 24. marec 2017

I Am a Hero (2015)

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Slo naslov: -
Drugi naslovi: Aiamuahiro
Država: Japonska
Jezik: Japonščina
Leto: 2015
Dolžina: 126',  Imdb
Žanri: Akcija, Grozljivka, Komedija
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: Shinsuke Sato
Scenarij: Akiko Nogi, Kengo Hanazawa (manga)
Igrajo: Yô Ôizumi, Masami Nagasawa, Kasumi Arimura, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Yoshinori Okada, Yu Tokui, Nana Katase, Jin Katagiri

[ENG]


A mysterious virus suddenly spreads throughout Japan causing widespread panic. People infected with the virus are called ZQN. The ZQN attack people with superhuman strength and their victims also become ZQN.

Hideo Suzuki (Yo Oizumi) happens to meet a female high school student, Hiromi Hayakari (Kasumi Arimura). They run away from the city together, but Hiromi Hayakari has been already bitten by a baby ZQN. The baby ZQN that bit her did not have teeth and Hiromi is in half state of ZQN. They then meet Nurse Yabu (Masami Nagasawa) at a shelter. Yabu hopes she can draw an antibody from Hiromi Hayakari. [AsianWiki]


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I Am A Hero careens along in a giddy, bloodsoaked, immensely pleasurable rush, propelled by an enthusiasm as infectious as a bite from the undead, that makes even the hoariest beats of the plot seem dipped in bright, bloody newness. [Jessica Kiang, Variety]

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četrtek, 23. marec 2017

Paterson (2016)



Slo naslov: Paterson
Država: ZDA, Francija, Nemčija
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2016
Dolžina: 118',  Imdb
Žanri: Komedija, Drama, Romantični
Slo recenzija: Filmstart, Mladina, RTV SLO MMC
Režija: Jim Jarmusch
Scenarij: Jim Jarmusch
Igrajo: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Helen-Jean Arthur, Owen Asztalos, Kacey Cockett, Luis Da Silva Jr.

[SLO]


Paterson je voznik avtobusa v mestecu Paterson v New Jerseyju. Njegovo življenje se odvija po ustaljenem ritmu. Skozi okno avtobusa vsak dan opazuje mesto, ki drsi mimo, in lovi drobce pogovorov med potniki. Med odmori v beležko zapisuje svoje pesmi. Po službi pelje na sprehod psa in v baru popije natanko eno pivo. Nato se vrne domov k ženi Lauri. Njen svet se za razliko od moževega ves čas spreminja in vsak nov dan ji prinaša nove sanje. A Paterson jo ljubi in ona ljubi njega. Film beleži sedem dni v življenju dveh povsem običajnih ljudi.

Jim Jarmusch je ustvaril tiho filmsko pesem o iskanju lepote v najbolj neznatnih trenutkih vsakdanjega življenja ter z njo očaral kritike in občinstvo na zadnjem festivalu v Cannesu.


Paterson slavi poezijo podrobnosti, variacij in vsakodnevnih interakcij. Je nekakšna protiutež mračnim, pretirano dramatičnim in akcijsko usmerjenim filmom. To je film, ki bi mu moral človek preprosto pustiti, da drsi mimo njega – kot podobe mimo okna avtobusa, ki kot mehanična gondola pluje po ulicah malega, pozabljenega mesta. /…/ Vedno sem si želel, da bi me nekoč imeli za filmski ekvivalent newyorški pesniški šoli. Pesnike te šole je močno zaznamoval majhen manifest, ki ga je spisal Frank O’Hara. O’Hara je bil zaposlen kot kustos v Muzeju moderne umetnosti; imel je torej pravo službo, pesmi pa je pisal med odmori za kosilo, podobno kot Paterson. V manifestu, ki mu je dal naslov Personizem, pravi: Pesem piši enemu samemu človeku, ne svetu. Piši jo, kot da pišeš pismo ali sporočilo.
- Jim Jarmusch

[ENG]


Exactly one week in the life of a young man named Paterson of Paterson, New Jersey is presented. He lives an extremely regimented and routinized life, that routine perhaps most vividly displayed by the fact that he is able to wake up at exactly the same time every day without an alarm. That life includes eating Cheerios for breakfast, walking to work carrying his brown bag lunch packed in his lunch pail by his wife Laura, having a casual chat with his colleague Donny before he begins his shift driving the #23 Paterson bus for the local public transit company, walking home where he straightens out the exterior mailbox which somehow during the day gets knocked crooked, eating dinner with Laura and listening to her goings-on of the day, taking Laura's English bulldog Marvin - who he would admit to himself he doesn't much like - out for a walk to his neighborhood bar where he has one and only one beer before walking home with Marvin to climb into bed with an already asleep Laura. There ... [Hugo, Imdb]


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sreda, 22. marec 2017

Closet Monster (2015)



Slo naslov: Skrita pošast
Država: Kanada
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2015
Dolžina: 90',  Imdb
Žanri: Drama, Misterij
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: Stephen Dunn
Scenarij: Stephen Dunn
Igrajo: Connor Jessup, Aaron Abrams, Joanne Kelly, Sofia Banzhaf, Jack Fulton, Mary Walsh, Isabella Rossellini

[SLO]


Osamljeni najstnik Oscar sanja o tem, da bi bil mojster maske in posebnih učinkov, ob tem pa se boji, da bi njegov oče izvedel resnico o sinovem spolnem nagnjenju. Ko se zaljubi v čednega sodelavca, je soočen s svojimi strahovi.
Osamljenega najstnika Oscarja sta v otroštvu za vselej zaznamovala izkušnja surovega homofobičnega napada in mučna ločitev staršev. Zdaj živi pri zmedenemu očetu in se boji, da je sam homoseksualec. Dela vse, kar more, da bi zatrl svoje istospolne želje in vzgibe, predvsem pa se zateka v domišljijo s pomočjo svojega ljubljenega govorečega hrčka Buffyja. Ko spozna čednega in uporniškega novega sodelavca Wilderja, njegovo iskanje lastne seksualne identitete preglasita neustavljiva privlačnost in hromeči strah. Najbolj se boji tega, da bi njegov oče izvedel resnico o sinovem spolnem nagnjenju. Če naj spozna resnično srečo, bodo morali bujni domišljijski svet, ki ga je zgradil okrog sebe, nadomestiti eksplozivni izbruhi resničnih čustev. [Cinemax]

[ENG]


A fresh take on the coming-of-age story, this surreal tale follows the artistically driven Oscar (AMERICAN CRIME’s Connor Jessup) hovering on the brink of adulthood. Struggling to find his place in the world after a rough childhood and haunted by images of a tragic incident, Oscar dreams of escaping his small town.  After he meets a mysterious and attractive new co-worker, Oscar follows the guidance of his pet hamster Buffy (voiced by Isabella Rossellini) and faces his demons to find the life he wants. [Strand Releasing]


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torek, 21. marec 2017

Taboo (2017– ) 1. sezona



Slo naslov: Tabu
Država: VB
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2017
Dolžina: 8x60',  Imdb
Žanri: Drama
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: Kristoffer Nyholm, Anders Engström
Scenarij: Steven Knight, Edward "Chips" Hardy
Igrajo: Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Stephen Graham, Leo Bill, Richard Dixon, Edward Hogg, Franka Potente

[SLO]


Temačno nadrealistična serija "Tabu" spremlja pustolovca Jamesa Keziaha Delaneyja (Tom Hardy), moža, ki je bil na koncu sveta in se v domovino vrne nepovratno spremenjen. Potem ko so mislili, da je mrtev, se iz Afrike vrne v London, kjer je podedoval tisto, kar je ostalo od mogočnega očetovega ladijskega imperija. Rad bi na novo začel življenje, vendar je zapuščina očeta strupeno darilo. Sovražniki prežijo za vsakim vogalom in James se mora znajti na čedalje bolj zapletenem ozemlju, da bi se izognil smrti. Obdajajo ga zarote, umori in izdaje, temačna družinska skrivnost pa se razkrije v vnetljivo zgodbo o ljubezni in nezvestobi. Izvršni producenti serije so Ridley Scott, Steven Knight in Tom Hardy; avtor zgodbe je Steven Knight, v sodelovanju s Tomom Hardyjem in njegovim očetom Edwardom "Chipsom" Hardyjem. [HBO Adria]

[ENG]


James Keziah Delaney returns to 1814 London after 10 years in Africa to discover that he has been left a mysterious legacy by his father. Driven to wage war on those who have wronged him, Delaney finds himself in a face-off against the East India Company, whilst playing a dangerous game between two warring nations, Britain and America.


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ponedeljek, 20. marec 2017

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)



Slo naslov: -
Država: ZDA
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2017
Dolžina: 93',  Imdb
Žanri: Drama, Komedija
Slo recenzija: Filmoljub, Filmstart
Režija: Macon Blair
Scenarij: Macon Blair
Igrajo: Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, Jane Levy, Devon Graye, Christine Woods, Robert Longstreet, Gary Anthony Williams, Myron Natwick

[SLO]


Žanrsko razgiban in čustveno neenakomeren črnokomični triler spremlja prijazno Ruth (Melanie Lynskey), malce osamljeno in nekoliko depresivno bolniško sestro iz predmestja, ki molče opazuje nesramnost in sebičnost ljudi okrog sebe. Ko ji nekoč sredi belega dne iz hiše ukradejo prenosnik in za nameček odnesejo še babičino srebrnino, ima frustrirana ženska naposled vsega dovolj. S pomočjo telefonske aplikacije za sledenje bo prišla do ukradenega računalnika in storilcem povedala, kar jim gre. Po spletu okoliščin in sili razmer se ji na vigilantskem pohodu pridruži čudaški sosed Tony (Elijah Wood), samouk borilnih veščin in navdušenec nad hladnim orožjem nindž. Sledi ju od starega preprodajalca z ukradeno robo vodijo k razvajenemu bogataškemu sinu, ki se je bil pred časom pridružil skupini nasilnežev in roparjev, in novopečena prijatelja se kmalu zapleteta v krvave zločinske posle daleč zunaj svojih zmožnosti in predstave. [Filmoljub]

[ENG]


When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.


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nedelja, 19. marec 2017

Coming Through the Rye (2015)



Slo naslov: -
Država: ZDA
Leto: 2015
Dolžina: 97',  Imdb
Žanri: Drama  
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: James Steven Sadwith
Scenarij: James Steven Sadwith
Igrajo: Alex Wolff, Stefania LaVieOwen, Chris Cooper, Jacob Leinbach, Eric Nelsen, Kabby Borders

[ENG]


Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 yr. old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play. After a series of increasingly hostile altercations with the boys at school Jamie runs away to search for JD Salinger. On his way he picks up Deedee Gorlin, a quirky townie. Their odyssey to find Salinger becomes a journey of sexual awakening, the discovery of love and of the meaning of one's life.

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sobota, 18. marec 2017

Forushande (2016)

aka The Salesman

Slo naslov: Trgovski potnik
Angleški naslov: The Salesman
Država: Iran, Francija
Jezik: Perzijščina
Leto: 2016
Dolžina: 125',  Imdb
Žanri: Drama, Triler
Slo recenzija: Mladina, Delo
Režija: Asghar Farhadi
Scenarij: Asghar Farhadi
Igrajo: Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Babak Karimi, Mina Sadati, Maral Bani Adam, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini

[SLO]

Via Liffe

Svobodna priredba gledališke igre Smrt trgovskega potnika Arthurja Millerja, s katero iranski režiser Asghar Farhadi mojstrsko oriše stanje duha v državi. Največkrat nagrajeni film letošnjega Cannesa.

Rana in Emad sta srečen srednjerazredni par v Teheranu. On je učitelj, ona ostaja doma, razmišljata tudi o potomstvu. Oba sta člana polprofesionalne gledališke skupine, ki na oder postavlja klasično igro Smrt trgovskega potnika Arhurja Millerja, v kateri Emad igra vlogo neuspešnega trgovca, Rana pa vlogo njegove žene. Ravno ko predstava doživlja prve izvedbe, mora par zapustiti svoje stanovanje, saj se celotna zgradba zaradi gradbenih napak ruši pod svojo težo. Ko sta se prisiljena preseliti v novo stanovanje, incident s prejšnjo podnajemnico grozi, da jima bo trajno spremenil življenje. 

Smrt trgovskega potnika /.../ je zelo kompleksna igra, ki ponuja številne možnosti branja. Najpomembnejša razsežnost je družbena kritika zgodovinskega obdobja, ko je nenadno preoblikovanje urbane Amerike povzročilo razpad določenega družbenega razreda. Cela kategorija ljudi, ki se niso bili sposobni prilagoditi tej strmi modernizaciji, je bila strta. V tem smislu igra močno odzvanja v trenutnem položaju moje države. Stvari se spreminjajo z vrtoglavo hitrostjo, ali se prilagodiš ali pa podležeš. Družbena kritika v osrčju igre je v naši državi danes še vedno tehtna. (Asghar Farhadi)

[ENG]

Forced to leave their collapsing house, Ranaa and Emad, an Iranian couple who happen to be performers rehearsing for Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" rent a new apartment from one of their fellow performers. Unaware of the fact that the previous tenant had been a woman of ill repute having many clients, they settle down. By a nasty turn of events one of the clients pays a visit to the apartment one night while Ranaa is alone at home taking a bath and the aftermath turns the peaceful life of the couple upside down.

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Snowden (2016)



Slo naslov: Snowden 
Država: Francija, Nemčija, ZDA
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2013
Dolžina: 138' ,  Imdb
Žanri: Biografija, Drama, Triler
Slo recenzija: Filmstart, Mladina, RTV SLO MMC
Režija: Oliver Stone
Scenarij:Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone
Igrajo: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage

[SLO]


Leta 2013 je ime Edward Snowden preplavilo domala vse svetovne medije. Nekdanji sodelavec ameriške Agencije za nacionalno varnost (NSA) je z razkritjem na tisoče tajnih vladnih dokumentov razgalil dejanski obseg nadzora telefonskih in spletnih informacij, ki ga ZDA vrši doma in v tujini. Šok se je v svetovni javnosti in političnih krogih razplamtel kot gozdni požar, Snowdna so nekateri ožigosali za izdajalca, drugi pa so ga razglasili za novodobnega heroja in pravega patriota. Kljub nasprotujočim si oznakam pa ni dvoma, da je takrat 29-letni Snowden žrtvoval svoje življenje, saj je v trenutku postal najbolj iskan človek na planetu. Njegovo neverjetno zgodbo je leto kasneje v gibljive slike prenesel z oskarjem nagrajeni dokumentarec Citizenfour, sedaj pa bo na velikih platnih zaživel še igrani celovečerec. Za slednjim stoji priznani režiser in večkratni oskarjevec Oliver Stone, ki nam bo s pomočjo glavnega igralca Josepha Gordona-Levitta prikazal Snowdenov notranji boj ter nas popeljal v zakulisje enega najpomembnejših dogodkov sodobne zgodovine. [KD Domžale]

[ENG]


SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena.


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petek, 17. marec 2017

Life, Animated (2016)



Slo naslov: -
Država: ZDA
Jezik: Angleščina
Leto: 2016
Dolžina: 92',  Imdb
Žanri: Dokumentarni, Animacija, Drama
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: Roger Ross Williams
Scenarij: Ron Suskind
Igrajo: Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Alan Rosenblatt, Owen Suskind

[ENG]


Owen Suskind was a boy of considerable promise, until he developed autism at the age of 3. As Owen withdrew into his silent state, his parents almost lost hope that he find some way to interact with his world in some meaningful way. However, that way was found through animated films, especially those of the Walt Disney Company, which provided Owen a way to understand the world through its stories to the point of creating his own. This film covers the life of Owen and how he manages to become as functional as possible with the help of Disney and his family to the point of having his own life. However, Owen soon learns as well that there is more to real life than what Disney can illustrate in animation even as his family prepares itself for an uncertain future with him.


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Life, Animated oversimplifies the situation, contriving to use endless clips from Disney movies to make a case that movie magic really can better people's lives. Unfortunately, by the end of the movie it's clear that Disney can't help Owen negotiate sex, breakups or many other challenges he faces as an adult. 
[Kyle Smith, New York Post]

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četrtek, 16. marec 2017

Naša svakodnevna priča (2015)

aka Our Everyday Story



Slo naslov: Naš vsakdan
Angleški naslov: Our Everyday Story
Država: BIH, Slovenija, Hrvaška
Jezik: Bosanščina
Leto: 2015
Dolžina: 90',  Imdb
Žanri: Drama
Slo recenzija: RTV SLO MMC
Režija: Ines Tanović
Scenarij: Ines Tanović
Igrajo: Uliks Fehmiu, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Jasna Ornela Bery, Nina Violić, Goran Bogdan, Vedrana Seksan, Goran Navojec

[SLO]

Via Kinodvor


Skoraj štiridesetletni Saša pripada generaciji, ki ji je vojna vzela mladost, pa tudi ambicije in upe za svetlo prihodnost. Njegova mlajša sestra Senada je kot otrok prebegnila iz obleganega Sarajeva in živi v Sloveniji. Oče in družinski glavar Muhamed se kot direktor krčevito oklepa podjetja, ki je zastarelo in propada, ter ostro obsoja sinovo malodušje in brezdelje. V njunem navzkrižnem ognju je mati Marija, ki se v požrtvovalni skrbi za dom dobro zaveda, da je družina tisto najpomembnejše.        

Filmska sevdalinka Ines Tanović (omnibus Neke druge zgodbe) je presunljiv in čustveno pristen, toda hkrati umirjen, humoren in realističen portret sarajevske meščanske družine v tranzicijski družbi. Kandidat Bosne in Hercegovine za oskarja v kategoriji najboljši tujejezični film se ponaša z odlično igralsko zasedbo z različnih koncev nekdanje Jugoslavije. 


Naš vsakdan je film o meščanski družini v današnjem Sarajevu, ki se sooča z vsemi težavami tranzicijske družbe. To je film o generaciji v štiridesetih letih, ki je preživela vojno, ki ni dočakala nikakršnega spektakularnega obdobja miru in ki že dve desetletji išče svoje mesto v družini in družbi. Kot avtorici mi je najpomembnejše sporočilo: ko začne ljudem življenje razpadati na poslovnem, zdravstvenem in čustvenem področju, dojamejo, da je družina tisto, kar je najpomembnejše, da je to pravzaprav človekova edina oaza. /…/ Po celovečernem omnibusu, šestih kratkih igranih in petih dokumentarnih filmih, po številnih festivalih in nagradah mi je uspelo posneti prvi celovečerni igrani film. Nanj sem se pripravljala tako rekoč od gimnazijskih let. Vmes sem napisala tudi več scenarijev za igrane celovečerce in eden izmed njih je prejel podporo fundacije Hubert Bals z rotterdamskega filmskega festivala.
[Ines Tanović]

[ENG]


Family Susic lives everyday Bosnian story. Father Muhamed (63) is employed in a reputable company; mother Marija (60) is retired. Son Sasa (35), who spent the war in Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, lives with his parents, while their daughter Senada (40) lives in Slovenia. Their life begins to fall apart because of father's dissatisfaction after his company is sold on the stock exchange, Sasa's negligent attitude towards work and family, Marija's breast cancer diagnose. When problems begin to line up Muhamed and Sasa realize that actually only family is important, that it is man's last oasis.


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sreda, 15. marec 2017

Ji-geum-eun-mat-go-geu-ddae-neun-teul-li-da (2015)

aka Right Now, Wrong Then


Slo naslov: Zdaj prav, potem narobe
Angleški naslov: Right Now, Wrong Then
Država: Južna Koreja
Jezik: Korejščina
Leto: 2015
Dolžina: 121' ,  Imdb
Žanri: Drama
Slo recenzija: -
Režija: Hong Sang-soo 
Scenarij: Hong Sang-soo 
Igrajo: Jung Jae-young, Kim Min-hee, Kim Min-hee, Gi Ju-bong  

[SLO]

Via Liffe


Variaciji naključnega srečanja med priznanim filmskim režiserjem in mlado slikarko pokažeta, da je usoda medčloveških odnosov odvisna le od drobnih gest in navidez nepomembnih besed. 

Filmski režiser Ham Cheon-soo pride v mesto Suvon predstavit svoj najnovejši film. Ker prispe dan prezgodaj, odide na ogled tamkajšnjih znamenitosti in tako spozna lepo mlado slikarko Yoon Hee-jeong. Hitro se zapleteta v sproščen pogovor, po skupni kavi obiščeta slikarkin atelje, večerjata, nato pa se odpravita na zabavo slikarkinega prijatelja. V dveh različicah istega dogodka pa le nekaj drobnih razlik spremeni razplet zgodbe med glavnima protagonistoma.


[ENG]


Quite by accident, a film director arrives in town a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, he stops by a restored, old palace and meets a fledgling artist. She's never seen any of his films, but knows he's famous. They talk. And together, they go to her workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi and Soju. More conversation follows, and drinks, and then an awkward get-together with friends where all sorts of secrets are revealed. All the while, they may or may not be falling for each other. Then, quite unexpectedly, we begin again, but now things appear somewhat different.


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