Reviews by Marko Stojiljkovic

Order by: Date, A–Z

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  Hysteria (2025)

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  Islamoglu has to play a complex character in a unique position, which she does in a fierce, naturalistic manner

  A film shoot turns dark when the burning of the Quran throws the crew into turmoil.
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  The Order (2024)

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  The Order might not be too original, both in the plot and the character department, but it is very effective, functional movie fun.

  An FBI agent comes to believe a series of violent crimes are the work of domestic terrorists.
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  Invention (2024)

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  A proper little indie with a lot of heart and inspiration

  In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s unexpected death, his daughter receives his patent for an experimental healing device.
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  Johatsu (2024)

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  A capable actress can do only so much to make herself watchable in a movie that is often not.

  A ship explodes. A man dies. A man disappears without a trace. Is it an accident or a cover-up?
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  The Weeping Walk (2024)

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  A slowly driven road movie that blends comedy and drama, while it milks its laughs, some of them very loud, from the perfect timing of the revelations and from the perfectly nuanced relationships between the characters

  A family goes on a pilgrimage to honour a matriarch's last wish.
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  September 5 (2024)

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  September 5 might not be a masterpiece but it is a tense, nail-biting thriller.

  Set during the 1972 Munich Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.
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  100 Litres Of Gold (2024)

  Review preview for 100 Litres Of Gold

  In the end, the silliness easily and organically transforms into warmth and a heart-felt experience.

  A home brew plan causes comic complications in the run-up to a wedding.
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  A Yard Of Jackals (2024)

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  Figueroa’s genre-infused approach that suits the topic very well.

  A quiet man’s life is shattered by sinister neighbours.
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  Emmanuelle (2024)

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  The problem is that the new Emmanuelle is as completely unsexy, cold and sterile as the environment the titular protagonist inhabits.

  Emmanuelle is in search of a lost pleasure. She flies alone to Hong Kong on a business trip. In this sensual global city, where she initiates numerous encounters, she meets Kei, a man who constantly eludes her.
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  The Front Room (2024)

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  Thin, schlocky and undercooked

  Trouble brews for a pregnant couple after they make a deal to look after the wife's stepmother-in-law.
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  Terrifier 3 (2024)

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  Leone demonstrated that he is a talented director with a perfect instinct for set pieces, but that he is less capable as a screenwriter.

  Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.
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  Killer Heat (2024)

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  The trouble is that Lacote is in favour of telling rather than showing.

  An ex-pat private investigator is hired to investigate a death in Crete.
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  The Crow (2024)

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  It might be a deliberate choice to make a movie for new subculture-free audiences, but the stylish source material deserves at least some effort.

  Remake of the cult film about a man seeking revenge through the realms of the living and the dead.
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  My First Film (2024)

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  At its best, My First Film feels very disjointed in its apparent lack of any formal rigour, and it seems that Anger is using exactly that with the intention to sell it as an indisputable truth.

  A filmmaker tells the story of her cursed film in a work of autofiction.
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  The Baby Snatcher (2023)

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  The characters are underwritten, so the acting would become a hard task even for stronger actors with some sense for improvisation.

  When best friends Penelope and Eve find that they're both expecting children at the same time, it seems their lives couldn't be any more perfect. But when tragedy strikes and Eve begins to unravel, Penelope finds herself caught in a maze of secrets and must fight for her family's safety.
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  Misericordia (2024)

  Review preview for Misericordia

  Once again, Guiraudie proves himself the master of setting up a mystery by the means of perfect script economy that functions strictly on “need to know” basis.

  A stranger’s appearance exposes the weird behaviour and the secret desires of a village's residents.
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  Oh Canada (2024)

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  Simply put, the viewer is constantly tempted to attribute the character’s old man’s ramblings both to the author of the source novel and to the filmmaker adapting it.

  A documentary filmmaker, who is terminally ill, reflects on his life.