Filmski kotiček, 23. december 2016 ― Slo naslov: - Država: ZDA Jezik: Angleščina Leto: 2016 Dolžina: 82',  Imdb Žanri: Drama, Grozljivka  Slo recenzija: - Režija: Joel Potrykus Scenarij: Joel Potrykus Igrajo: Ty Hickson, Amari Cheatom, Fiji [ENG] Young outcast Sean has isolated himself in a trailer in the woods, setting out on alchemic pursuits, with his cat Kaspar as his sole companion. Filled with disdain for authority, he's fled the daily grind and holed up in the wilderness, escaping a society that has no place for him. But when he turns from chemistry to black magic to crack nature's secret, things go awry and he awakens something far more sinister and dangerous.  Ocena

Filmski kotiček, 22. december 2016 ― Slo naslov: - Država: ZDA Jezik: Angleščina Leto: 2015 Dolžina: 110' ,  Imdb Žanri: Drama Slo recenzija: - Režija: Gus Van Sant Scenarij: Chris Sparling Igrajo: Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, Ken Watanabe [ENG] The film follows Arthur Brennan (McConaughey) trekking into Aokigahara, known as the Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan's Mount Fuji where people go to contemplate life and death. Having found the perfect place to die, Arthur encounters Takumi Nakamura (Watanabe), a Japanese man who has also lost his way. The two men begin a journey of reflection and survival, which affirms Arthur's will to live and reconnects him to his love with his wife (Watts). Ocena

Filmski kotiček, 20. december 2016 ― aka Under the Sun  Slo naslov: - Angleški naslov: Under the Sun Država: Češka, Rusija, Nemčija Jezik: Korejščina Leto: 2015 Dolžina: 106' ,  Imdb Žanri: Dokumentarni Slo recenzija: - Režija: Vitaly Mansky Scenarij: Vitaly Mansky Igrajo: Lee Zin-Mi, Yu-Yong, Hye-Yong [ENG] Zin-Mi is both excited and flustered as she prepares for supreme leader Kim Jong-il’s birthday celebrations. She gets all the help she needs from her well-situated parents – a factory engineer and an exemplary employee of a prosperous company. While this image of the model family might appear relatively untarnished, just like everything else in a closed communist country, it bows to the dictates of propaganda. The supervised crew were given the go-ahead to film in North Korea on condition that they wouldn’t deviate from the approved script. With the aim of conveying the reality of life in the DPRK, however, respected director Vitaly Mansky decided to leave his camera rolling beyond his prescribed shooting schedule, thus exposing the extent of the manipulation involved in staging the various events. The outcome is a formally refined piece which somewhat uncomfortably reveals the underside of an official rendering that clings to iconography, mythmaking and distorting idealisation. The film also considers the crucial value of human freedom, something that can’t always be taken for granted. [KVIFF, Sandra Hezinová] **************** The script of this extraordinary and revealing film, about an ordinary family in Pyongyang, was assigned to the filmmakers by the North Korean authorities. The crew was accompanied at all times by minders 'to prevent us from getting lost'; the locations were pre-selected; the performances orchestrated to depict suitably fervent levels of patriotism. All the footage was scrutinized by DPRK officials to check for mistakes in showing a typical family in 'the best country in the world'. It's no wonder that the smiles start look a little forced. What's more unexpe