Category: 2000s
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During the Bosnian War (1992-1995), a Bosniak soldier by the name of Ciki falls into a trench after being ambushed by Bosniak Serbs. One of the Bosniak Serb soldiers, Nino, is held hostage by Ciki after the latter ambushes him, and despite some antagonism, the two are tenuously bonded by the need to survive after…
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Instead of the future being an exciting entity in Minority Report, there is a sort of indifference to it, since it is already known. The world of Washington DC in 2054 is essentially a recreated mythology, with the Precogs resembling the Oracles in how they retell abstract versions of the future. But with the addition…
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The White Ribbon stuck with me far longer than I thought it was going to. While Michael Haneke’s Funny Games (1997) was effective in making the audience feel like an active participant in the sadistic murder of a family, The White Ribbon was spine-chilling in how it made me akin to a willfully ignorant bystander.…
BEYOND THE FRAME 