INDIE „MOONLIGHT”

LGBT movies are something of a must-film for this cinematographic season, regardless of the level of production.

„Play the devil” is a micro indie flick, made, filmed and acted by the local group of Trinidadian cinematographers. It deals with a several hundred times already seen subject of a young man struggling with his sexuality. It doesn't offer anything new, it doesn't open new subjects nor does it make a strong finishing. It just basically loiters in the limbo during its entire course.

„Play the devil” isn't a fragment of the movie it could have been if done the proper way.

PLAY THE DEVIL – 2/10

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„OSCARS” SO BLACK

Politically correct stories are one of the greatest cancers eating out modern day US cinema. With liberal and left-wing lobby on Hollywood's helm, cinematographers are really tempted to choose only certain stories in order to harvest the rewards.

„Moonlight” is one of those stories, revolving around the young gay African-American, living in a ghetto and being raised by a junkie mother. Sexual and racial inequity with some addiction issues and you have a huge „oscar” winner looming. It doesn't matter that the story basically doesn't exist, nor that all the nominated roles are well below the average. You are a socially active flick and therefore represent the „wet dream” of liberal mainstream media and critics.

Not everything is empty here, though. There will be some grim atmosphere, some good cinematography and solid acting by young Sanders, but that's it.

„Moonlight” will reap this year's „oscars” and it will do UNDESERVEDLY.

MOONLIGHT – 4/10

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PROVOCATION, BALKAN STYLE

Balkan is a place of prejudice, intolerance and hatred since the dawn of the time and it will continue to be just that for many decades to come. Hence, most of the dramas originating from southeastern Europe tend to drown in the overall sense of helplessness and futility of the grim reality.

Rajko Grlic offers something a little bit different, mixing the heavy drama layout of a Croat fascist offspring homosexual being beaten in his own town with some brutal dark humor of the forced relationship with his Serbian neighbors. Although very painful to watch if you are born in Serbia and Croatia, the script will make you laugh, think and process the dark subjets it ruthelessly tackles. Much of that will be made possible via magnificent role of Nebojsa Glogovac and his ability to swap identities in a blink of an eye. Symbolism will be very strong throughout the entire course of the movie, one of the strongest in decades from the entire cinematographic region.

However, the sheer amount of provocations will engulf the storyline from time to time, diminishing their effect to some extent. Also, the main parallel with the theory of the Croatian constitution will be just too artificial if you are a Balkan born.

„The Constitution” is one of the rare cinematographic examples that deserves a „roaming” to the European public.

THE CONSTITUTION – 7/10

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