Nikola Grozdanovic, Author at The Playlist

Fatih Akin’s ‘In The Fade’ Starring Diane Kruger A Lacklustre Courtroom Drama [Cannes Review]

May 26, 2017 1:35 pm

Shedding the excruciating profundities that turned him into a critical target after 2014's “The Cut,” Fatih Akin has returned to the more intimate narratives that made two of his earlier (and greatest) films, "...

Francois Ozon’s ‘L’Amant Double’ Is A Sexy, Twisted & Kinky Paranoia Spectacle [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 26, 2017 10:53 am

News, Reviews

Loading up Brian De Palma, David Cronenberg and Roman Polanski on three jukebox machines, and pressing play on all at the same time while running around the room with his pants down, Francois Ozon serves up “L’...

Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘A Gentle Creature’ Is An Astonishing, Incendiary & Brutal Indictment Of Modern Russia [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 25, 2017 1:58 pm

News, Reviews

Like an endless, 200-degree Fahrenheit fever dream, Sergei Loznitsa’s “A Gentle Creature” disorients your frame of mind with the force of a thousand demons shredding it apart. In systematic and cinematically da...

Alfonso Cuarón Talks Embarrassment Of ‘Great Expectations,’ Approaching ‘Harry Potter’ With Realism & More [Cannes]

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 25, 2017 12:59 pm

News

The day after the massive celebrity-filled 70th anniversary party at the Cannes Film Festival, Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón strode into the Buñuel amphitheater at the Palais de Festival to give a Maste...

Léonor Serraille’s ‘Jeune Femme’ Is A Triumphant Feature Debut Full Of Spark & Wit [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 24, 2017 3:37 pm

News, Reviews

A woman pleads “Open the door!!” in a tiny corridor, banging away with her fist and head. Such is the frenetic opening scene of Léonor Serraille’s “Jeune Femme” — the story of Paula as played by an unforgettabl...

Cannes: Netflix & Yorgos Lanthimos Lead The Buzz On The Croisette

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 24, 2017 1:00 pm

News

While “Twin Peaks” may be stealing some of the Cannes Film Festival’s spotlight since this weekend's premiere of the new season (the first two episodes of the series screen this week), there's still lots of tal...

Hong Sang-soo’s ‘The Day After’ Is A Soulful & Profound Cinematic Serenade [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 23, 2017 9:37 am

News, Reviews

Speak of Korean cinema outside art-house circles, and the conversation will inevitably revolve around the kooky, provocatively intelligent genre-benders from the likes of Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. The mo...

‘How To Talk To Girls At Parties’ With Elle Fanning & Nicole Kidman Is Gloriously Bananas [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 22, 2017 10:09 am

News, Reviews

A hodgepodge of genres is splattered all over John Cameron Mitchell’s ludicrous (and ludicrously-titled) “How To Talk to Girls at Parties,” making for an incredibly brazen, outlandish, and totally bananas time ...

Michael Haneke’s ‘Happy End’ Is Austere, Darkly Comic & Stunning Cinema [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 21, 2017 9:24 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Shutting the blinds on the warmth that shined through his previous critically-lauded opus "Amour," Austrian arthouse maestro Michael Haneke is back to doing what he does best: peeling the decadent, bourgeois la...

Michel Hazanavicius’ Jean-Luc Godard Pic ‘Redoubtable’ Is A Harmless, Mostly Charming Comedy For Film Geeks [Cannes Review]

Nikola Grozdanovic

May 21, 2017 10:49 am

News, Reviews

Michel Hazanavicius (director of the breezy Best Picture Oscar winner “The Artist”) returns to Cannes and takes on legendary French New Wave film icon Jean-Luc Godard in his latest film, “Redoubtable” — bold mo...