January 2017
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Volunterske priče (Nenad Puhovski, 1987, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Prezrena rijeka (Radovan Ivančević/Bogdan Žižić, 2004, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Moderna basna (Vladimir Jutriša/Aleksandar Marks, 1965, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Splendid isolation (Petar Krelja, 1973, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Zlatibor (Marko Karadžić, 1996, doc, sh) - 7.5/10 (R)
Susjedi (Annika Sylvin Reuter, 2000, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Život u sjeni (Dražen Žarković, 2008, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Dota (Petra Zlonoga, 2016, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Ptice (Petar Krelja, 2009, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Ante i Vanja (Lucija Klarić, 2016, sh) - 6/10 (FF)
Purgatorij (Zdravko Mustać, 2005, doc, sh) - 6/10
Božje pijanice (Silvio Mirošničenko, 2005, doc, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Dupence (Tomislav Šestan, 2012, sh) - 5/10 (FF)
Građanin ker (Citizen Canine, Marko Kostić, 2007, doc, sh) - 6.5/10 (FF)
Šest sati do neba (Eleonora Veninova, 2015, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Uspomena (Marta Klarić, 2014, doc, sh) - 6.5/10
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Volunterske priče (Nenad Puhovski, 1987, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Prezrena rijeka (Radovan Ivančević/Bogdan Žižić, 2004, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Moderna basna (Vladimir Jutriša/Aleksandar Marks, 1965, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Splendid isolation (Petar Krelja, 1973, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Zlatibor (Marko Karadžić, 1996, doc, sh) - 7.5/10 (R)
Susjedi (Annika Sylvin Reuter, 2000, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Život u sjeni (Dražen Žarković, 2008, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Dota (Petra Zlonoga, 2016, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Ptice (Petar Krelja, 2009, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Ante i Vanja (Lucija Klarić, 2016, sh) - 6/10 (FF)
Purgatorij (Zdravko Mustać, 2005, doc, sh) - 6/10
Božje pijanice (Silvio Mirošničenko, 2005, doc, sh) - 8/10 (R)
Dupence (Tomislav Šestan, 2012, sh) - 5/10 (FF)
Građanin ker (Citizen Canine, Marko Kostić, 2007, doc, sh) - 6.5/10 (FF)
Šest sati do neba (Eleonora Veninova, 2015, doc, sh) - 7/10 (FF)
Uspomena (Marta Klarić, 2014, doc, sh) - 6.5/10
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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- DirectorObrad GluscevicStarsSlavko StimacZeljko MataijaIvan StimacA boy finds a large wolf-like dog in the mountain and they befriend. The local peasants think that it may be a real wolf responsible for the sheep pestilence. They decide to kill the animal, but the boy is worried about it and he secretly provides the dog with the food.TV, 1/1/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorVlatko FilipovicStarsIzet HajdarhodzicRadmila AndricDragan ZaricA beautiful and poetic at the same time difficult and tragic story. In the distant mountain village in Herzegovina, shortly after the end of World War II, lonely women and children await the return of men from the front. The few men that remained in the village trying to go to America and find the salvation of the lumber and stone. Center of the story is loneliness and anticipation. This is a tragic story of two men whose fight for the heart of a woman cost the head of both.TV, 1/1/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJelena NovakovicFor already 40 years, without a single day of rest, Ana has been coming in front of the city church to sell the religious calendars and rosaries; in sun, in snow, in rain, on Sundays and holidays. She is receiving a regular pension and she doesn't belong to the lowest stratum of society, but she has other motives. Only five meters away, Zorka, her immediate competitor, has placed her booth. They apply the business logic of keeping customers in a simple way - by lowering the prices. Although they are in constant conflict, they can't manage without each other. Dependence on the dynamic world of constant flow of information, gossip and colorful city characters made them firm symbols of one micro universe. Ana, Zorka and The Square are inseparable trio in a humorous social essay about belonging and friendship.TV, 1/1/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsJohn GarfieldClaude RainsThe Dead End KidsA champion boxer on the lamb, believed to have committed murder while drunk, takes refuge and finds redemption at a farm for delinquent youths.TV, 1/1/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsBradley CooperJennifer LawrenceRobert De NiroAfter a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.TV, 1/1/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorDalibor MatanicStarsTamara BogunovicMarija GemlViktorio MlacovicA girl on poorly populated Mediterranean island is only person who can walk.Orig. title: Suša.
TV, 1/1/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorNikola PopovicStarsVera Ilic-DjukicFran NovakovicMilica-Carka JovanovicThe uprising against fascists in West Bosnia starts with enthusiasm, and local folks help partisans in every possible way. A village girl of Serbian ethnicity joins the resistance movement, and falls in love with the partisan commissar Ivan, an ethnic Croat who has been an expert in destroying railway tracks.Orig. title: Živjeće ovaj narod.
TV, 1/2/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorRidley ScottStarsMatt DamonJessica ChastainKristen WiigAn astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.TV, 1/2/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorZdravko VelimirovicStarsVojislav MiricVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicBoris DvornikAhmet Nurudin is a dervish and head of the Islamic monastery of the Mevlevi order in Sarajevo. He is a personification of morale and dogmatic belief, everything that Muslim religion of the Ottoman rule rests on. Throughout his life, the atmosphere of the city, the relations with the judge and the mechanism of government, the image of Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century is being revealed. Based on a highly praised novel by Mesa Selimovic.Orig. title: Derviš i smrt.
TV, 1/2/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorMarielle HellerStarsBel PowleyAlexander SkarsgårdKristen WiigA teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.TV, 1/2/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsHugh JackmanWill Yun LeeTao OkamotoWolverine comes to Japan to meet an old friend whose life he saved years ago, and gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving yakuza and mutants.TV, 1/2/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorGoran PaskaljevicStarsLjubisa SamardzicJakup AmzicNeda ArnericThe Guardian Angel in this harrowing film is the one who doesn't protect gypsy children from being sold into virtual slavery with gangs of organized beggars, pickpockets, and thieves all over Europe. Once "on the job", these young children are treated viciously, and even the mildest disobedience is met with extremely sadistic tortures. However, in this film, even when someone from outside takes an interest in an individual child and tries to help him escape this situation, there is little he can do, because even when the boy is returned to his home village, he is persuaded to sell himself again so his family can eat.Orig. title: Anđeo čuvar.
TV, 1/2/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorJuraj LeroticStarsNiko Gamulin VilogoracTajana JovanovicEna MasicZeljko (16) and his younger brother have been living on their own since their mother ended up in hospital. Zeljko has set his mind on two things: he has to finally take the initiative to meet Tanja and earn some money to buy his Mum a wig. A real one, made from human hair. If he achieves these two goals, the things might turn for the better.TV, 1/2/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorGlen GoeiStarsPatrick TeohLouisa ChongLim Kay SiuThe Blue Mansion is a quirky murder mystery about a wealthy Asian tycoon who dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances. He returns as a ghost to try to uncover the secret of his death with the help of his family and the police.TV, 1/2/17. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorNikola TanhoferStarsSeverin BijelicBert SotlarPavle VuisicTreachery and escape from agents provocateurs of underground workers among the early days of national rising in Croatia.Orig. title: Dvostruki obruč.
TV, 1/3/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsAlec GuinnessPeter BullCharles GoldnerThe captain of a ferry boat between the restricted British colony in Gibraltar and Spanish Morocco has a woman of differing appeal and temperament in each port.TV, 1/3/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorZiga VircStarsSlavoj ZizekJosip Broz TitoJohn F. KennedyExplores the myth of the secret multi-billion-dollar deal behind America's purchase of Yugoslavia's clandestine space program in the early 1960s.TV, 1/3/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorZivorad 'Zika' MitrovicStarsMihailo 'Misa' JanketicIrena ProsenZoran MilosavljevicEminent Belgrade physician gets murdered. The investigation is revealing dark side of his character - illegal abortions and abuse of his wife. Wife's lover is becoming the prime suspect. The newspaper reporter, however, starts his own investigation. Besides being crime story, this movie in quasi-documentary fashion presents alternative cultural scene of Belgrade in late sixties.Orig. title: Ubistvo na svirep i podmukao način i iz niskih pobuda.
TV, 1/3/17. 6/10 (FF). - DirectorPredrag LicinaStarsLinda BegonjaKresimir MikicBojan NavojecAfter all this waiting it's finally here in Croatia - Zovko Teleport. Get anywhere in just four seconds.TV, 1/3/17. 8/10 (R).
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- DirectorDrew CullinghamStarsJonnie HurnRob OldfieldIan VirgoVoluntarily locked in a cell for 48 hours with no restrictions and no outside help three emotional archetypes battle for psychological supremacy before they can be destroyed by their own weaknesses.TV, 1/3/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorPredrag GolubovicStarsVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicLjubisa SamardzicMustafa NadarevicIn this amusing antiwar comedy, seven inept and reluctant soldiers land on a desert island to carry on with the fighting. Just after their parachutes have collapsed behind them on the beach, helicopters approach and land nearby. Out pops a bevy of beautiful women sent to entertain the troops, which they do, and then they leave. From that point onward, there are a series of misadventures...OL, 1/4/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKatja RestovicStarsMasayuki NagaseTV, 1/4/17. 6/10 (FF).
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