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).
- DirectorDalibor MatanicStarsLeona ParaminskiNiksa ButijerAndjela RamljakSecond film from omnibus of six short films dealing with intimacy of the six girls in six different parts of the planet on the same day. Party is the story set in a sunny, bright summer day in Vukovar. It is almost impossible to believe that the brightness and joy can be easily interrupted, enjoying and living a day like that.TV, 1/3/17. 7/10 (FF).
- 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).
- DirectorDavid SchwimmerStarsClive OwenCatherine KeenerLiana LiberatoA teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.TV, 1/4/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsMarc LabrècheDiane KrugerSylvie LéonardJean-Marc Leblanc (Labrèche), a desperate civil servant, escapes reality as we know it by imagining himself as the hero in imaginary adventures.TV, 1/4/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorPeter SohnStarsJeffrey WrightFrances McDormandMaleah Nipay-PadillaIn a world where dinosaurs and humans live side-by-side, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.TV, 1/5/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsGeorge ClooneyBritt RobertsonHugh LaurieBound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.TV, 1/5/17. 7/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'Tomorrowland: A World Beyond' in my country (on HBO). - DirectorVlatko GilicStarsVladislava MilosavljevicBoris KomnenicLjiljana KrsticJelena spends her summer holiday tending a flock of sheep. A plane from a nearby aerodrome attracts her attention and she and the pilot engage in spontaneous games.TV, 1/5/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDaniel KusanStarsIvana RoscicStjepan PericTena Jeic GajskiA short film about a wife who suspects her husband is having an affair.TV, 1/5/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorErich EngelFyodor OtsepStarsFritz KortnerAnna StenFritz RaspSuspicion surrounds a lieutenant for killing his father: Dimitri asks his father for his heritage. The father says he wants to marry young Grushenka. Dimitri tries to talk the girl out of that plan and is himself totally smitten with her.OL, 1/6/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorKen JacobsA found footage film consisting of raw newsprint footage featuring witnesses detailing the events of Malcolm X's assassination.OL, 1/6/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsJuliette BinocheKristen StewartChloë Grace MoretzA film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.TV, 1/6/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMilan ZivkovicStarsDaryl HaneySuzanne WoukDragan MaksimovicYoung American actor comes to Yugoslavia to star in co-production film of the two countries, only to find out that the director was mysteriously killed. Later he discovers that the reason was his involvement in the white slavery trade.TV, 1/6/17. 1/10 (P).
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Shown under the title 'Art of Terror' in my country (on 'Klasik TV'). That 'version' was in (very bad) English. - DirectorBranko BelanStarsMilorad MargeticTamara MileticMirko VojkovicMan escapes from an Italian camp and returns to his island in occupied Dalmatia only to find himself victim of a plot denouncing him as an enemy agent.TV, 1/7/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorSrdan GolubovicIvan StefanovicDejan ZecevicStarsMilica MihajlovicBoris MilivojevicBojan ZirovicA three-part omnibus. First story: A young couple agrees to pretend of being in loved with each other. Second story: After deciding to leave his band, a young bassist shows up on audition for the drummer. There he meets a man who offers him money to kill his wife. Third story: Two successful robbers go through a hard time when one of them starts to pay to much attention to his guitar playing skills rather than their job.Orig. title: Paket aranžman.
TV, 1/7/17. 4/10 (P). - DirectorBranko MarjanovicStarsGoranka VrusBoris BuzancicJurica DijakovicA group of partisans is under siege, surrounded by strong German forces. Some of them remember the events that preceded the siege. This is an omnibus of three intertwined stories.TV, 1/7/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJames Edward GrantStarsJohn WayneGail RussellHarry CareyQuirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth, a Quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose between his world and the world Penelope lives in.TV, 1/7/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDalija DozetStarsLana BaricFranjo DijakTV, 1/7/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsDaniel CraigRooney MaraChristopher PlummerJournalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.TV, 1/7/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMichel DevilleStarsRobert HirschVéronique VendellWalter RillaTV, 1/8/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorVladimir TadejStarsDavid BlustoneLjubisa SamardzicElisa TebithA beautiful girl, Maja, moves into an apartment on the highest floor of a skyscraper. Forty-year-old Mirko lives in the apartment below her. He is an exemplary husband and father of two and works in a discography company Diskoton. Maja has ambitions to become a successful singer. Mirko tries to help, as well as seduce, the beautiful new girl. Mirko's friend Stipe, an experienced womanizer, helps him with his plans. However, there is a bizarre twist.TV, 1/8/17. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorDustin HoffmanStarsMaggie SmithMichael GambonBilly ConnollyAt a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.TV, 1/8/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorTomislav FiketOrig. title: Više od igre.
TV, 1/8/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorVera ChytilováStarsZuzana StivínováMiroslav DonutilTomás HanákAfter two troubled but powerful men rape a young hitchhiker who happens to be a vet, she drugs them and remove their testicles.Orig. title: Pasti, pasti, pastičky.
TV, 1/8/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorEdward DmytrykDuilio ColettiStarsRobert MitchumPeter FalkRobert RyanAnzio: one of WWII's bloodiest battles as the Allies smash through the German lines which have enclosed the Anzio beachhead--four months and 30,000 casualties before the Allies finally march to Rome.TV, 1/9/17. 6/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'Anzio' in Croatia (on HRT 3). - DirectorJovan RancicStarsDragomir FelbaDusica ZegaracPetar KraljA lonely old man, neglected by his family, stumbles upon a teenage girl who thinks he may need help. A warm friendship they develop will make his last days the best he ever had.TV, 1/9/17. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMilan JelicStarsMilan 'Lane' GutovicMilena DravicMira FurlanA lady manager of newly formed record house places his administrator, disguised as a cleaning lady, in competing record house. She needs to get the records of some world-famous star, and to provide in that way banking credits for building of studio. After many troubles and comic situations, in which the alleged cleaning lady gets because of her good looks, the manager will finally spend a few years in prison.Orig. title: Špijun na štiklama.
TV, 1/9/17. 3/10 (P). - DirectorJ.C. ChandorStarsRobert RedfordAfter a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.TV, 1/9/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorVanca KljakovicKrsto PapicAntun VrdoljakStarsBozidar BobanJagoda KaloperKruno ValenticSegment "Duga ulica": A young man named Boris and a girl, Vera, live in the same neighborhood. They meet one night when she loses her key. Boris invites her to spend the night at his place; Segment "Cekati": Married students, Ivan and Sonja, live in an old woman's apartment. She is sick and the couple hopes that she will die soon, so that they may inherit her apartment; Segment "Poslije predstave": A husband and a wife lose the key to their apartment and have to spend the night in a hotel. The experience is wonderful and renews their feelings for each other, if only for a night.Orig. title: Ključ.
TV, 1/9/17. 6/10 (FF). - DirectorJay RoachStarsBryan CranstonAnthony MackieMelissa LeoLyndon B. Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination, and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act.TV, 1/10/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorZivorad 'Zika' MitrovicStarsVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicLjubisa SamardzicRade MarkovicA popular folk singer is found murdered and two police detectives are investigating his past in order to catch the killer.Orig. title: Nož.
TV, 1/10/17. 6/10 (FF). - DirectorJaromil JiresStarsEva LímanováJosef AbrhámEva BaborovskáTV mechanic Slávek (Josef Abrhám) takes his wife Ivana (Eva Límanová) to the maternity hospital. From the moment they say goodbye, the couple can't stop thinking about each other. Their common life up to now unfolds in fragments of memories: their first acquaintance at the railway bridge, the worries of living in a rented apartment, the wedding, furnishing the new flat. They also remember the small quarrels and the fact that they did not want a baby at first. Ivana is in the operating room, while Slávek keeps his appointments with customers and fixes broken TV sets. Anxious about waiting of the delivering a baby, he sensitively and newly becomes aware of the things, people and events around him.Orig. title: Křik.
TV, 1/10/17. 7.5/10 (R). - DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsJohn GoodmanMary Elizabeth WinsteadJohn Gallagher Jr.A young woman is held in an underground bunker by a man who insists that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable.TV, 1/10/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBahrudin 'Bato' CengicStarsAdem CejvanStojan 'Stole' ArandjelovicZaim MuzaferijaA Bosnian coal miner Adem is glorified for his hardworking achievements and is considered of being an exemplary socialist laborer. However, his life is nothing but a shine and glamor.Orig. title: Slike iz života udarnika.
TV, 1/10/17. 9/10 (R). - DirectorMilenko StrbacStarsDragomir Bojanic-GidraGizela VukovicDusan JanicijevicAn activist in the years of reconstruction, while saving cooperative carts, breaks his spine, becomes disabled and forced to fight for survival.TV, 1/11/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorPeter BergStarsBilly Bob ThorntonJay HernandezDerek LukeBased on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.TV, 1/11/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorSlávek HorákStarsAlena MihulováBolek PolívkaTatiana DykováDedicated home care nurse Vlasta lives for her husband Lada, her daughter, and her patients. But then one day things change and Vlasta comes to realize that she might need some care too.Orig. title: Domácí péče.
TV, 1/11/17. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorMicha WaldStarsAdrien JolivetGrégoire ColinGrégoire Leprince-RinguetFour men living in Eastern Europe in 1856 get caught up in tales of thievery, murder and revenge.TV, 1/11/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorSam EsmailStarsJustin LongEmmy RossumKayla ServiSet in a parallel universe, Comet bounces back and forth over the course of an unlikely but perfectly paired couple's six-year relationship.TV, 1/12/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJulianne MooreMia WasikowskaRobert PattinsonA tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.TV, 1/12/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMcGStarsMatthew McConaugheyMatthew FoxAnthony MackieWhen a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.TV, 1/13/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJoze GaleStarsStevo ZigonIrena KolesarStane SeverA war disabled lieutenant colonel, who did not make it in the society, after many years of loneliness meets happy woman who loved him in the past, and not forgotten him despite the fact that she married meanwhile.Orig. title: Vratiću se.
TV, 1/13/17. 6/10 (FF). - DirectorWalter LangWilliam A. SeiterStarsShirley TempleRichard GreeneAnita LouiseA little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls, when her father fights in the Second Boer War. Later, when he is presumed dead she is forced to become a servant.TV, 1/13/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorBen FalconeStarsMelissa McCarthySusan SarandonKathy BatesAfter getting fired and finding out that her husband is cheating, Tammy hits the road with her profane, alcoholic grandmother.TV, 1/13/17. 6/10 (FF).
- StarsEdgar RamírezAlexander ScheerFadi Abi SamraThe story of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting.TV, 1/13/17. 8/10 (R).
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Saw a 'movie' (approx 185 min) and not a 'mini-series' (as listed here). Sadly, the shorter 'version' doesn't have a separate entry at IMDb. - DirectorFritz LangStarsGlenn FordGloria GrahameBroderick CrawfordA Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.TV, 1/14/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorZoran TadicStarsPero KvesicA documentary about Ann, the United States citizen, who came to Zagreb (Yugoslavia) to participate in the working actions along the Sava river.TV, 1/14/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsGreta GerwigLola KirkeShana DowdeswellA lonely college freshman's life is turned upside-down by her impetuous, adventurous stepsister-to-be.TV, 1/14/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsMia WasikowskaJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterNineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.TV, 1/14/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorClay KaytisFergal ReillyStarsJason SudeikisJosh GadDanny McBrideWhen an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green pigs, it's up to three unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.TV, 1/14/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprioWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.TV, 1/14/17. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorWalerian BorowczykJust JaeckinShûji TerayamaStarsRoland BlancheLaura GemserCatherine GandoisThree stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed. What's her secret?TV, 1/14/17. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsMartine CarolPeter UstinovAnton WalbrookWhen she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.TV, 1/15/17. 7.5/10 (R).
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A rewatch after many (many) decades. This time around I saw a restored (2008) print. My rate (basically) remains the same. - DirectorPeter LandesmanStarsWill SmithAlec BaldwinAlbert BrooksIn Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.TV, 1/15/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorIgor SterkStarsGregor BakovicBarbara CerarIstok AlidicAfter his father's death, a young man (Gregor Bakovic) uses the black mourning flag and sews himself a pair of trousers. He then takes a train trip and meets a variety of bizarre characters, including a stowaway, a deaf-mute duo, a balloon-seller, a bird enthusiast, and an attractive girl (Barbara Cerar). Their railway romance gets derailed, but a variety of sight gags and caboose comics keep the film on track and in loco motion.TV, 1/15/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSrdjan KecaA poetic exploration of the city of Dubai and the surrounding desert, following the 2009/10 economic crash.TV, 1/15/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSam WoodStarsWilliam HoldenMartha ScottFay BainterChange comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.TV, 1/15/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsGary CooperJulie LondonLee J. CobbA reformed outlaw becomes stranded after an aborted train robbery with two other passengers and is forced to rejoin his old outlaw band.TV, 1/15/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSteven KnightStarsJason StathamAgata BuzekVicky McClureA damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity.TV, 1/15/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDalibor MatanicTomislav RukavinaStanislav TomicA look at the present-day Karlobag, a Dalmatian coastal town with small population, many trucks and strong wind.TV, 1/16/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorZdravko SotraStarsDragan MicanovicNatasa TapuskovicNikola SimicComedy about teachers and students at a high school in a small provincial town. Mihailo tries to win the heart of a girl his brother is also chasing.TV, 1/16/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorIgor MirkovicStarsDjana GudeljMarko BoljatSlavica JukicA young girl spends the summer break with grandmother and deals with her crush.TV, 1/16/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJohnnie ToStarsLouis KooYuanyuan GaoDaniel WuAn original twist on an eternal triangle, where secret crush and unrequited love take on altogether newfangled meanings of their own.TV, 1/16/17. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorCarl RinschStarsKeanu ReevesHiroyuki SanadaKô ShibasakiA band of samurai sets out to avenge the death and dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun.TV, 1/17/17. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRaja AmariStarsHiam AbbassHend El FahemMaher KamounAfter the death of her husband, Lilia's life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbles upon a belly dance cabaret and though initially reserved and taken aback by the culture of the place, Lilia gets consistently drawn back to it. She befriends one of the belly dancers and is encouraged into dancing for the audience. Lilia also starts a romance with one of the cabaret's musicians, who unbeknown to both of them, is also romancing Salma.TV, 1/17/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorStiles WhiteStarsOlivia CookeAna CotoDaren KagasoffA group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.TV, 1/17/17. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorGoran PaskaljevicStarsLazar RistovskiJasna ZalicaJovana MiticA simple story of an ex-convict who comes home after 10 years, only to find two squatters in the form of a woman and her autistic daughter. Though Lazar initially plans to kick out Jasna and Jovana, he changes his mind after seeing the squalid conditions of the shelter they are to move into. It is an allegory of the Balkan wars. When first released in Serbia, it caused some public outrage because of the sharp criticism of Serbia's role in the war.Orig. title: San zimske noći.
TV, 1/17/17. 8/10 (R). - DirectorMilutin KosovacStarsVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicBert SotlarOlivera KatarinaAn Australian of German descent has come to Yugoslavia on a hunting trip. He has an arrangement to hunt deers on the hunting ground high in Bosnian mountain. He shoots running deers straight in the head with his sniper carbine. This master shooting arouse suspicion with the gamekeeper that the stranger might be the notorious Nazi sniper who murdered many innocent civilians the same way during WWII.TV, 1/18/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorSime SimatovicStarsAna KaricBoris BuzancicZoran RistanovicStory of the dream of a lonely woman lying mentally ill in a sanatorium.TV, 1/18/17. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorIgor BezinovicThree people with different motivations are followed while collecting bottles from garbage in modern-day Zagreb to receive the container-deposit refunds.TV, 1/18/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsVladimir SvirskiyVladislav AbashinSergey KolesovWestern frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces impossible moral choice.TV, 1/18/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsNina HossRonald ZehrfeldNina KunzendorfAfter surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret singer has her disfigured face reconstructed and returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out her gentile husband, who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis.TV, 1/18/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorZvonimir JuricStarsIvo GregurevicMirjana KaranovicIgor KovacThree stories that take place in one night gradually build a bleak picture of Ivo's life.TV, 1/18/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSinisa DraginIn 1947, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito visited, for the first time, Romania. Its communist regime gave him, as present, a painting from a great Romanian artist Ion Andeescu: 'The Leafless Forest'. In the 60s, a young art critic, Radu Bogdan, decided to elaborate a monograph dedicated to the great painter, including reproduction of the painting given to Tito. After countless problems, he obtained the permission to photograph the painting. The moment they took the painting off the wall, they found - a microphone. Somebody was spying on Tito...TV, 1/18/17. 7/10 (FF).
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Shown under the title 'The Forest' in my country (on 'Klasik TV'). - DirectorVefik HadzismajlovicStarsMirjana KaranovicLjubisa SamardzicFabijan SovagovicA boy's carefree childhood is interrupted when he finds out about his parents' decision to divorce.TV, 1/19/17. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSrdjan KaranovicStarsSenad AlihodzicIvana BolancaJelena DjokicSwan is a lonely Serbian refugee in Belgrade. He hopes for a visa to follow his long-lost fiancée to Chicago, but winds up at the Happy Millennium dating agency. A warm romantic comedy with a twist.Orig. title: Sjaj u očima.
TV, 1/19/17. 7.5/10 (FF). - DirectorFatmir KoçiTV, 1/19/17. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorEduard GalicStarsRade SerbedzijaMilena DravicMira FurlanIt is 1918, the evening of The Great War. Austro-Hungarian empire is collapsing, and all around Croatia there are outlaw deserters, fighting in forests. A city journalist decides to become a country schoolteacher, just to find some peace in that restless political situation. But, neither the village is safe from the militaristic policy of the imperial goverment.OL, 1/20/17. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMilutin KosovacStarsJane BirkinSerge GainsbourgSpela RozinA group of 19 young women, led by a partisan man, are the only people available to escort a number of partisans wounded in the struggle for freedom, in the mountain ranges invaded by the German army. The crossing of difficult tracks and a few encounters with enemy patrols provide danger and death for some of the heroines. Two girls are in love with the column's commander, but love for the motherland and freedom will prove stronger.OL, 1/20/17. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsJoe MortonDaryl EdwardsRosanna CarterA mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.TV, 1/20/17. 7/10 (FF).