Each Time
Each time where he walks, the world is slightly different. Fields burst into bloom. We were lying on the hill outside Springfield, the one with all the little blue flowers. It was just the two of us, and the sky was very blue. There were some clouds above us, and the sun hit them in a way that they lit gold, instead of white. We didn’t talk or move for what felt like forever, and at some point I wondered if we were dead. I thought, If neither of us coughs, or sneezes, or moves to scratch an itch at the bottom of our feet in ten more minutes, it will mean we’re dead. He lifted up his head...
Read MoreReview: Go Get Some Rosemary
Directed by Ben and Joshua Safdie Starring: Ronald Bronstein, Sage Ranaldo, Frey Ranaldo, Abel Ferrara, Lee Ranaldo According to FIPRESCI Jury Zoran Gojić, Špela Barlič and Radmila Djurica of the 20th Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFE) in Slovenia, the jurors made up their mind pretty fast to award the International Federation of Film Critics Award American to Go Get Some Rosemary, directed by Ben and Josh Safdie. “Josh and Ben Safdie brothers tell a simple story about a complicated family — which is their own. Inspired by the New York independent film tradition, it...
Read MoreReview: The Limits of Control
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch Starring: Tilda Swinton, Isaach De Bankolé, Luis Tosar, John Hurt The brand-new Jim Jarmusch film The Limits of Control was screened at the 20th annual Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFE) in Slovenia. One of the truly independent American film directors, Jim Jarmusch is an uncanny and charming writer-director (Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law, Mystery Train, Ghost Dog, and Broken Flowers). This time he headed to Spain to shoot The Limits of Control, his first film shot outside the U.S. “When I was writing the story, Spain kept calling me. I...
Read MoreLjubljana Film Festival
Closing ceremonies at LIFFE The Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFE) is a little festival in Slovenia that has provided a critical view of film for the last 20 years. It reviews the best in international cinema, provides a film retrospective that involves democratic changes in Central and Eastern Europe, and is committed to promoting promising filmmakers, European film, and productions from remote parts of the world, like traditional Peruvian folklore or a baroque film noir from Malaysia or...
Read MoreReview: Five Minutes of Heaven
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel Starring: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca Five Minutes of Heaven, which was shown at the Sarajevo Film Festival, focuses on themes familiar to the countries of this region. Bosnian people can definitely relate to a story of reconciliation between two individuals on opposite sides. This film deals with harsh, dark emotions, depicting the true nature of humanity. One of the film’s actors, James Nesbitt, along with screenwriter Guy Hilbert and director Oliver Hirschbiegel, spent a couple days at the Sarajevo Film Festival. Five Minutes of...
Read MoreReview: Broken Embraces
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Starring: Penelope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez After a screening at the Cannes Film Festival, the great Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos), was also shown on the Sarajevo Film Festival. According to many critics, the film pays homage to Ingmar Bergman, while others have compared Broken Embraces to the simplicity of Rossellini’s Voyage to Italy. However, Broken Embraces still carries echoes of Almodóvar’s previous work, who is now in his filmmaking maturity. A distinctive stylist,...
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