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Tara Karajica

Tara Karajica is a Belgrade-based film critic and journalist. Her writing has appeared in SydneysBuzz, Indiewire, Screen International, Variety, Festivalists and The Film Prospector, among many other media outlets. She was a participant of the 2013 Locarno Critics Academy, the 2016 Berlinale Talents - Talent Press and a number of other film criticism workshops. Tara is a film programmer at the World of Film International Festival in Glasgow, a board member of NISI MASA and the Serbian correspondent for Film New Europe. She is also a member of the Online Film Critics Society and the Women Film Critics Circle as well as the recipient of the 2014 Best Critic Award at the Altcine Action! Film Festival. In September 2016, she founded Yellow Bread, a magazine dedicated entirely to short film.

Latest Film Reviews

  • Henry Fonda For President (2024)
    Review preview for Henry Fonda For President

    Through a punctilious study of many of Fonda’s films, Horwath creates a comprehensive canvas that encompasses both the past and the present of the US.

    Tara Karajica · 3.5 out of 5
    A personal essay about the United States, viewed through the life and work of the 12 Angry Men star.
  • 78 Days (2024)
    Review preview for 78 Days

    Gašić adroitly weaves together the perspectives of the three sisters, each one at a different point on the road to maturity, painting a complex picture of growing up in wartime.

    Tara Karajica · 4 out of 5
    After their father is conscripted during the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia, three sisters begin a Hi8 video diary in their home.
  • Seven Days (2016)
    Review preview for Seven Days

    Moving, thoughtful and thought-provoking.

    Tara Karajica · 3.5 out of 5
    Can a couple stay in control of their whirlwind romance?
  • Queen Of Spades (2016)
    Review preview for Queen Of Spades

    Lungin skillfully weaves the psychological characteristics and his clearly defined characters into the fabric of the thriller and film-opera genres.

    Tara Karajica · 4 out of 5
    A fading opera diva tries to stage one final triumph.

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