Author Archive: Sanela Djokovic
Special Treatment
A provocative parallel between two seemingly unrelated professions and a bare and audacious performance from celebrated French screen actress Isabelle Huppert are the only two elements of Special Treatment that keep us engaged or even attentive. The film, written and directed by Jeanne Labrune, keeps us drudging along a tedious exploration of potentially interesting characters [...]
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“A cinematographer has to design and write a story, starting at the beginning, through the evolution to the end. That’s why I consider my profession is as a writer of light,” shares Italian cinematographer and three-time Academy Award Winner, Vittorio Storaro, one of 16 voices lending their individual sage about their craft to Cinematography, a [...]
ANOTHER HAPPY DAY
Amidst all the hopelessness and despair, the murkiness and affliction, the chemical imbalances and drug use, the repression and psychoses, a definitively distinguished cast, with an especially remarkable Ellen Barkin at the helm, shapes a family we can all recognize. Another Happy Day uses a run-of-the-mill platform of a wedding to air out the enduring [...]
When Harry Tries to Marry
Arranged marriage or marrying for love? That seems to be the question. Valid cases can be made for both and the debate can set the foundation for a promising, thoughtful and witty romantic comedy. It really is too bad that When Harry Tries to Marry is none of those things. Culture clashes and identity struggles [...]
Director Daron Ker Discusses His Work & The Future of Film in Cambodia
Documentary filmmaking has brought Daron Ker to tremendous points, from returning to his homeland of Cambodia for the first time since he was a child to the depths of biker culture and the life of the Fryed Brothers. With a rich background and a unique vista that comes through in his filmmaking and sheds light [...]
HELL AND BACK AGAIN
Skillfully and fluently, photojournalist and director Danfung Dennis presents us with a poignant panorama capturing the phantoms of the battlefields in rural Afghanistan and those facing a young wounded Marine at home in North Carolina. With polished imagery, unmuddled matter and harsh truths, Hell and Back Again is a salient composition on the war in [...]
BUCK
How does a documentary about a child trick-roper turned cowboy turned horse whisperer serve as an all-encompassing reflection of the human condition? How can a man named Buck not only amaze people with the way he understands and communicates with horses, but actually make us think introspectively– and not just the horse owners who visit [...]
BASEBALL’S GREATEST GAMES: DEREK JETER’S 3,000TH HIT
“Hopefully, he can play himself in his own movie,” said Tampa Bay Rays outfielder and former Yankee, Johnny Damon, about his old teammate Derek Jeter after the Rays lost to the Yankees on July 9, 2011, the day that Derek Jeter got his 3,000th hit. In the weeks leading up to this landmark event, the [...]
BASEBALL’S GREATEST GAMES: 2003 ALCS GAME 7
New York Yankees fans probably have innings eight through eleven recorded on a VHS tape labelled ALCS 2003 Game 7, Aaron Boone!!! , or Who’s your daddy, Pedro? Their VCRs were set for when, as Derek Jeter put it, the ghosts would show up and bring them closer to restoring the Yankees to their rightful [...]
BASEBALL’S GREATEST GAMES: 1960 WORLD SERIES GAME 7
It was the first and only Game 7 World Series-winning, walk-off home run in the history of Major League Baseball, and it punctuated an outstanding series filled with oddities. During the national broadcast of the 1960 World Series on NBC, Pittsburgh Pirates announcer Bob Prince called it the “zaniest World Series you could ever witness, [...]
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