Zero Days (2016)

Slo naslov: Ni naslova

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 116' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Dokumentarni   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Alex Gibney

Scenarij: Alex Gibney

Igrajo: David Sanger, Emad Kiyaei, Eric Chien

[ENG]

Alex Gibney’s ZERO DAYS is a documentary thriller about the world of cyberwar. For the first time, the film tells the complete story of Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware (known as a “worm” for its ability to burrow from computer to computer on its own) that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target. ZERO DAYS is the most comprehensive accounting to date of how a clandestine mission hatched by two allies with clashing agendas opened forever the Pandora’s Box of cyberwarfare. Beyond the technical aspects of the story, ZERO DAYS reveals a web of intrigue involving the CIA, the US Military's new cyber command, Israel's Mossad and Operations that include both espionage and covert assassinations but also a new generation of cyberweapons whose destructive power is matched only by Nuclear War. 

[Official Site]

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His new film Zero Days may ostensibly be an investigation of the 2010 malware worm known as Stuxnet, but over its swift-moving 116-minute runtime, Gibney does a much broader and more important job: relating the rather airless, abstract concepts of cyber-terrorism and internet espionage to their real-world consequences. 

[Jessica Kiang, The Playlist]

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Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern (2015)

aka Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents

Slo naslov: - 

Angleški naslov: Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents

Država: Švica, Nemčija

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 90',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama, Družinski, Romantični   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Stina Werenfels

Scenarij: Boris Treyer, Lukas Bärfuss (igra)

Igrajo: Victoria Schulz, Jenny Schily, Lars Eidinger, Urs Jucker

[ENG]

When her mother decides to stop administering medication to her mentally challenged daughter, 18-year-old Dora awakes, as if from a deep sleep. Dora discovers her body, her sensuality and finally, sex, too. Her parents are shocked by Dora’s sudden unbridled lust for life and, when she gets involved with a man she meets at her market stall vendor job, they are furious. Seeing her relationship as unscrupulous and abusive, they demand their daughter stops seeing her lover. But their efforts are to no avail and, when Dora’s affair leads to a more serious situation, everyone has to reassess the limits of their relationship to each other, and reconsider such topics as self-determination, trust and jealousy. [Cineeuropa]

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The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Slo naslov: Priklicano zlo 2

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2016 

Dolžina: 134' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Grozljivka, Triler, Misterij   

Slo recenzija: Filmoljub, Mladina, Deseta umetnost, RTV SLO MMC

Režija: James Wan

Scenarij: James Wan, Carey W. Hayes

Igrajo: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O'Connor, Madison Wolfe, Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley 

[SLO]

Nadaljevanje filma, posnetega po originalnih zapisih najslavnejših demonologov, zakonskega para Eda in Lorraine Warren!

V novem nadaljevanju bomo znova videli Eda (Patrick Wilson) in Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) v vlogi raziskovalcev nadnaravnega, ki bosta tokrat odpotovala v Anglijo.

Zgodba temelji na resničnih dogodkih, ki so se med leti 1977 in 1979 dogajali v neki hiši v angleškem mestu Brimsdown. Gre za enega najpomembnejših dokumentiranih nadnaravnih primerov v svetu, ki je prizadel družino Hodgson, Ed Warren pa je ta primer označil kot eno najgrozovitejših izkušenj v svoji karieri. Ed je umrl leta 2006, Lorraine pa se še danes ukvarja z raziskovanjem nadnaravnih pojavov. Ta primer je tema mnogih knjig, dokumentarcev, grozljivk in televizijskih nadaljevank. [Kolosej]

[ENG]

In 1977, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to London, England, where single mother Peggy Hodgson believes that something evil is in her home. When Peggy's youngest daughter starts showing signs of demonic possession, Ed and Lorraine attempt to help the besieged girl, only to find themselves targeted by the malicious spirits. [Imdb]

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Dog Eat Dog (2016)

Slo naslov: - 

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 93',  Imdb

Žanri: Krimi, Drama, Triler   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Paul Schrader

Scenarij: Matthew Wilder, Edward Bunker (knjiga)

Igrajo: Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matthew Cook 

[ENG]

Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life. The California three strikes law looms over them, but what the hell, they're going to do it, and they're going to do it their way. Troy, an aloof mastermind, seeks an uncomplicated, clean life but cannot get away from his hatred for the system. Diesel is on the mob's payroll and his interest in his suburban home and his nagging wife is waning. The loose cannon of the trio, Mad Dog, is possessed by true demons within, which lead him from one situation to the next. One more hit, one more jackpot, and they'll all be satisfied. Troy constructs the perfect crime and they pull it off, but in the aftermath, they keep finding the law surrounding them wherever they go. [Imdb]

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One thing that can be said about brazen crime comedy Dog Eat Dog is that it's a full-blooded venture in every respect, with Schrader and his leads Cage and Willem Dafoe clearly enjoying the gore-soaked frenzy. But the film also feels like a too- familiar reheating of in-your-face Tarantino-style crime tropes. 

[Jonathan Romney, Screen International]

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El Clan (2015)

aka The Clan

Slo naslov: Klan 

Angleški naslov: The Clan

Država: Argentina, Španija

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 110'.  Imdb

Žanri: Biografija, Krimi, Drama   

Slo recenzija: Primorski dnevnik

Režija: Pablo Trapero

Scenarij: Pablo Trapero, Esteban Student, Julian Loyola  

Igrajo: Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani, Lili Popovich, Gaston Cocchiarale, Giselle Motta, Franco Masini, Antonia Bengoechea, Stefania Koessl

Via Liffe

[SLO]

"Los desaparecidos" oziroma "izginuli" je evfemizem, ki še danes močno odmeva v Argentini. Pablo Trapero je po resnični zgodbi posnel film o na videz običajni argentinski družini, katere člani so v osemdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja ugrabljali ljudi.

Na prvi pogled se zdijo Puccii povsem običajna argentinska družina: z očetom Arquimedesom na čelu se vsak večer zberejo za mizo in ob večerji premlevajo dnevne dogodke. Najstarejši sin Alejandro je celo zvezda argentinske ragbi reprezentance. A za to krinko se skriva nekaj povsem drugega. Arquimedes je hladnokrven zločinec, ki skrbno načrtuje ugrabitve številnih ljudi, pri tem pa mu pomaga Alejandro, s katerim si tudi razdelita odkupnine. 

In bolj ko sem bral, bolj sem ugotavljal, da je v srčiki zgodbe odnos med očetom in sinom, Arquimedesom in Alejandrom. Vedel sem, da bo portret razmerja med očetom in sinom preglasil kriminalni primer, zgodovinsko obdobje, ki sem ga osvetljeval. Ta je pogonska sila filma. 

(Pablo Trapero) 

[ENG]

'Los desaparecidos' or the 'disappeared' is a euphemism that continues to resonate heavily across Argentina. Pablo Trapero based his film on a true story about a seemingly ordinary Argentinian family in the eighties involved in a series of abductions.

On the surface the Puccios look like most other families. Steely-eyed patriarch Arquimedes presides over a household where his wife, sons, and daughters gather for evening meals and discuss their days. Alejandro, the eldest son, is a famed rugby player on Argentina's national team. But under the surface Arquimedes is a cold-blooded criminal, who plans his kidnaps with meticulous precision. Alejandro starts to collaborate with his father and the two split the ransom money between them. 

And the more I read I found that at the heart of the story was this father-son relationship between Alejandro and Arquimedes. You know, over the criminal case, over the historical period I'd be tackling, above all, I knew there was going to be a portrait of the relationship between a father and a son. That's the motivating engine of the film. 

(Pablo Trapero) 

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Mr. Robot (2015– ) 2. sezona

Slo naslov: - 

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 12 x 50',  Imdb

Žanri: Krimi, Drama, Triler   

Slo recenzija: -

Avtor: Sam Esmail

Igrajo: Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallström, Carly Chaikin, Michael Cristofer

[ENG]

MR. ROBOT follows Elliot (Rami Malek, “The Pacific”), a young programmer who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and as a vigilante hacker by night.  Elliot finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader (Christian Slater, “The Adderall Diaries”) of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he is paid to protect.  Compelled by his personal beliefs, Elliot struggles to resist the chance to take down the multinational CEOs he believes are running (and ruining) the world.  The series also stars Portia Doubleday (“Her”), Carly Chaikin (“Suburgatory”) and Martin Wallström (“Simple Simon”).

Season 2 opens 30 days after the hack, now known as the five/nine hack. The season will explore the repercussions of the hack, and the "illusion of control", as Elliot and fsociety come to grips with the consequences of their actions. Season 2 will also explore the Internet of Things, small personal, home and automotive devices that are connected to the internet.

[RT Critics Consensus]

Unique storytelling, a darker tone, and challenging opportunities for its tight cast push Mr. Robot even further into uncharted television territory.

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Little Men (2016)

Slo naslov: Najstnika

Država: ZDA, Grčija

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 85',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama, Družinski   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Ira Sachs

Scenarij: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias

Igrajo: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina Garcia, Michael Barbieri, Theo Taplitz, Talia Balsam, Maliq Johnson

Via Liffe

[SLO]

Zgodba o prijateljstvu med trinajstletnikoma, ki ga ogrozi spor med njunimi starši, pa tudi kritičen filmski pogled na problem razvoja brooklynskih četrti. 

Jake Jardine je tih in občutljiv trinajstletnik, ki sanja, da bo nekoč postal umetnik. Na dedkovem pogrebu spozna prijaznega in navihanega vrstnika Tonyja, sina najemnice butika z oblačili v stanovanjski hiši, ki je v lasti Jakove družine. Fanta se hitro spoprijateljita, a njuno prijateljstvo kmalu postavi na preizkušnjo spor med Tonyjevo mamo Leonor in Jakovim očetom, ki hoče povišati najemnino za Leonorin butik.

Nekoč sem prebral, da knjige Jane Austen lahko označimo za dela o dveh tematikah: ljubezni in denarju. Občutek imam, da se s tem lahko identificiram, ne ker bi bili moji filmi zelo austenovski, temveč ker v povezavi s tema vprašanjema lahko veliko izveš o likih in tudi o neki kulturi. Sam vidim ogromno drame v dejstvu, da se liki ukvarjajo s svojo družino in medsebojnimi odnosi ter se zatem poglabljajo v vprašanja finančnih ali osnovnih človeških potreb. (Ira Sachs)

[ENG] 

Jake (Theo Taplitz) is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony (Michael Barbieri) at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute between Jake's father, Brian (Greg Kinnear), and Tony's mother, Leonor (Paulina Garcia), threatens to become contentious.

Little Men is a critical yet empathetic look at the dangers of gentrification. Ira Sachs, director of Love Is Strange and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize WinnerForty Shades of Blue, accentuates the natural vibrancy of Brooklyn and brings out the best in his actors. Taplitz and Barbieri have a natural rapport and earnestness that belies their young age. Kinnear and Garcia bring weight to their roles as the feuding parents, and Jennifer Ehle, Talia Balsam, and Alfred Molina round out the cast with wonderful supporting turns. It's a triumphant return to the Festival for Sachs, who has made a film that never lets its abundant kindness interfere with its honest portrayal of a rapidly changing neighborhood. [Official Site]

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Toni Erdmann (2016)

Photo: Komplizen Film

Slo naslov: Toni Erdmann

Država: Nemčija

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 162' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Komedija, Drama   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Maren Ade

Scenarij: Maren Ade

Igrajo: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Hadewych Minis, Lucy Russell

Via Liffe

[SLO]

S človeško toplino in drznim humorjem prežeta pripoved o obujanju ljubezni med očetom in hčerjo, ki je navdušila kritike na letošnjem festivalu v Cannesu. 

Zgodba o odnosu med ambiciozno tridesetletnico Ines, vodjo poslovnega sektorja v pomembnem finančnem podjetju, in njenim očetom Winfriedom, postaranim, nikoli zares odraslim hipijem, ki rad stresa neslane šale in ljudi okrog sebe spravlja v zadrego. Ker Winfried ob nenapovedanem obisku svojo hčer dojame kot izgubljeno ter podrejeno službi in skrajno formalnim srečanjem na najvišji poslovni ravni, se prelevi v "Tonyja Erdmanna", alter ego z groteskno lasuljo in črvivimi zobmi, nakar se kot lažen poslovnež nenapovedano pojavlja v hčerkinem službenem in družabnem okolju … 

Toni Erdmann se rodi iz obupa. Humor je pogosto način za obvladovanje težav in kot tak vedno plod bolečine. Winfriedu se hčeri ne uspe približati na noben drug način. /.../ Humor je njegovo edino orožje, začne ga uporabljati z vso silo. To pomeni, da je igra veliko bolj nepopustljiva, in ker tudi Ines ni do muh, nenadoma govori jezik, ki ga hči razume. 

(Maren Ade)

[ENG]

Winfried doesn’t see much of his working daughter Ines. The suddenly student-less music teacher decides to surprise her with a visit after the death of his old dog. It’s an awkward move because serious career woman Ines is working on an important project as a corporate strategist in Bucharest. The geographical change doesn’t help the two to see more eye to eye. Practical joker Winfried loves to annoy his daughter with corny pranks. What’s worse are his little jabs at her routine lifestyle of long meetings, hotel bars and performance reports. Father and daughter reach an impasse, and Winfried agrees to return home to Germany. Enter flashy "Toni Erdmann": Winfried’s smooth-talking alter ego. Disguised in a tacky suit, weird wig and even weirder fake teeth, Toni barges into Ines’ professional life, claiming to be her CEO’s life coach. As Toni, Winfried is bolder and doesn’t hold back, but Ines meets the challenge. The harder they push, the closer they become. In all the madness, Ines begins to understand that her eccentric father might deserve some place in her life after all. [Komplizen Film]

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Goksung (2016)

aka The Wailing

Slo naslov: - 

Angleški naslov: The Wailing

Država: Južna Koreja

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 156',  Imdb

Žanri: Drama, Grozljivka, Misterij  

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Na Hong-Jin

Scenarij: Na Hong-Jin

Igrajo: Kwak Do-Won, Hwang Jung-Min, Jun Kunimura, Chun Woo-Hee, Kim Hwan-Hee

[ENG]

Within a seemingly peaceful village, a plague of mysterious & violent deaths suddenly take place. The police conclude poisonous wild mushrooms are the cause of the deaths. Police Officer Jong-Goo (Kwak Do-Won) hears a rumor from a coworker about a mysterious Japanese man (Jun Kunimura) living nearby. The rumor fingers the Japanese man as the man causing these mysterious & violent deaths. Jong-Goo, while on duty, meets Moo-Myeong (Chun Woo-Hee). She tells Jong-Goo that she saw the Japanese man where the last deaths took place. Jong-Goo's doubts about the man begin to waver.

Jong-Goo's daughter Hyo-Jin then comes down with the crazed symptoms similar to what the other villagers had before their deaths. Jong-Goo becomes desperate. He heads out into the mountains to find the old Japanese man's home. Meanwhile, his mother-in-law calls in a shaman, Il-Gwang (Hwang Jung-Min), to perform an exorcism on Hyo-Jin. Death lingers in the air.

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As dark and pessimistic as the rest of South Korean thrill-master Na Hong Jin's work, The Wailing (Goksung, a.k.a. The Strangers in France) is long and involving, permeated by a tense, sickening sense of foreboding, yet finally registers on a slightly lower key than the director's acclaimed genre films The Chaser (2008) and The Yellow Sea (2010). 

[Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter]

Renowned for his relentless storytelling, Na Hong-jin takes The Wailing to a new level, confirming his place as one of Korea’s leading contemporary filmmakers. Its sheer intensity and ambiguous narrative might put off some viewers, but this latest film - set in a village where people start to mysteriously die when a Japanese stranger appears - could well be regarded as one of the best films to emerge from Korea in recent years. 

[Screen Daily, Jason Bechervaise] 

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Hell or High Water (2016)

Slo naslov: Za vsako ceno 

Država: ZDA

Leto: 2016

Dolžina: 102' ,  Imdb

Žanri: Krimi, Drama   

Slo recenzija: Filmoljub, Filmstart

Režija: David Mackenzie

Scenarij: Taylor Sheridan

Igrajo: Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham

Via Liffe

[SLO]

Divja vožnja po kriminalnem svetu ameriškega juga - klasični žanrski spopad med teksaškim rangerjem in bančnima roparjema, nadgrajen z izvrstno glasbeno podlago Nicka Cava in Warrena Ellisa. 

Brata Toby in Tanner iz Teksasa po letih ločenega življenja spet združita moči, saj njuni družini grozi, da bo ostala brez posestva. V svojem maščevanju se lotita ropanja bančnih podružnic, s čimer bi družini vrnila ukradeno prihodnost. Njuni podvigi potekajo povsem po načrtu, vse dokler njuna dejanja ne pritegnejo pozornosti teksaškega rangerja Marcusa, ki išče svoj zadnji izziv pred upokojitvijo. Ko brata že skorajda v celoti uresničita svoj načrt, se z rangerji za petami lotita še zadnjega obračuna, v katerem trčijo vrednote starega in novega Zahoda. 

Kot filmskega ustvarjalca me vedno privlačijo zgodbe, ki niso črno-bele glede svojih moralnih odtenkov … tako me je kot ena od prvin pri tem filmu zanimala tako imenovana 'povračilna kriminalnost', ko dobri ljudje počnejo slabe stvari iz dobrih razlogov. Mislim, da ima to ravnovesje neko zelo zanimivo razsežnost, zelo privlačno zame kot režiserja, še zlasti pri tem filmu. 

(David Mackenzie)

[ENG]

A wild ride across the criminal world of the American South - heading for the showdown between a Texas Ranger and a bank robber in the classical vein of the genre, and featuring astonishing soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. 

Texan brothers Toby and Tanner come together after several years apart to rob branches of the bank threatening to foreclose on their family land. The hold-ups are just part of a last-ditch scheme to take back a future that seemed to have been stolen from under them. Vengeance seems to be theirs, until they find themselves on the radar of a Texas Ranger, Marcus, looking for one last grand pursuit on the eve of his retirement. As the brothers plot a final bank heist, and with the Rangers on their heels, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the values of the Old and New West collide.

As a filmmaker I'm always drawn to stories which are not black and white in terms of their moral shades … so one of the elements of this film I was interested in was this thing that I call 'redemptive criminality' where good people do bad things for good reasons. I think there's something really interesting about that balance, and that is definitely an area of attraction for me as a filmmaker, and in particular in this film. 

(David Mackenzie)

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