Reviews by Marko Stojiljkovic

Order by: Date, A–Z

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  Peak Everything (2025)

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  Émond’s mastery can be best observed in her perfect comedic timing and the use of sex as a tool both for comedy and emotional impact.

  A borderline depressive finds himself falling for a woman on a technical support line.
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  Romería (2025)

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  Combining slick digital look with the look of various antique formats, from DV to super-8, Simón creates her very own smooth blend.

  Marina, 18, orphaned at a young age, must travel to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she has never met.
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  Rose (2026)

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  Apart from setting the tone and maintaining it, the strongest point of Schleinzer’s filmmaking is casting and directing the actors' interactions between one another and the environment.

  A woman disguises herself as a man in 17th Century Germany.
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  Sandbag Dam (2025)

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  Sandbag Dam is powered by stellar, deeply lived-in performances by the young and budding actors.

  In a village threatened by flooding a young man's life is turned upside down by the rekindling of a forbidden romance.
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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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  Sleepless City (2025)

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  The “star player” is the director of photography Rui Poças

  Toni, a 15-year-old Roma boy, lives in the largest illegal slum in Europe, on the outskirts of Madrid. Proud to belong to his family of scrap dealers, he follows his grandfather everywhere. But when demolition companies start closing in on their land, the family is divided and choices must be made.
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  Spermageddon (2024)

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  Nothing short of an instant cult.

  Two awkward teens are having sex for the first time, while Simon the Semen and his friends are on a quest to reach the golden goal, the Egg.
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  The Spiral (2026)

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  Up until the end laced with cheap pseudo-biblical references, this horror-drama serves as a fun and thrilling ride.

  A woman unexpectedly shows up at her daughter’s home to reveal the truth about their family.
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  Sunday Ninth (2025)

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  De Pauw is great as Horst, a frail, but still-threatening presence bursting with volatile, even violent energy.

  An Alzheimer's sufferer is reunited with the brother he hasn't seen in 30 years.
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  Tales From The Magic Garden (2025)

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  Serves as a teaching tool of sorts that bridges the gap between the generations and opens up a communication regarding some unpleasant topics that are very present in everyday life.

  Three children spend the night with their grandfather after losing their grandmother and discover the power of imagination.
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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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  U Are The Universe (2024)

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  Given that U Are The Universe is practically a one-man-play, Volodymyr Kravchuk masterfully commands the screen combining his knack for humour with a strong sense for drama.

  In the distant future, a space trucker from Khmelnytskyi is trying to get rid of over three billion tons of waste. When he hears from a woman on a distant space station, he becomes determined to reach her.
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  Veins (2025)

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  There are a lot of traces of other filmmakers’ work in Saint-Jean’s body horror that is most reminiscent of an extended vintage monster-of-the-week-kind of episode of The X Files.

  In Saint-Étienne, an ancient forest village, a young woman uncovers the mystery surrounding the sudden death of her father.
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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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  We Believe You (2025)

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  We Believe You works to perfection thanks to the dedication and stellar directing, acting and technical work.

  A mother does everything she can to protect her children from their father at a custody hearing.
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  Where The Night Stands Still (2025)

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  Opting for the single-take scenes, usually in wider shots from a distance, signals artistic formal rigour.

  Three Filipino siblings, all domestic workers in Italy, meet in the villa that one of the sisters has inherited. Shared memories and buried grievances come to the surface and put their fragile relationship to the test.
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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.