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Ballad of Narayama (1958) Movie Review

Ballad of Narayama (1958) Movie Review

Dejan Ognjanovic September 16, 2007

Here comes a classic: “a beautiful and meditative tale of love and humanity that explores traditional Japanese cultural values,” as the DVD cover informs us. Sadly, it’s one of those ‘classics’ that are more...

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Interview with Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman

Interview with Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman

Dejan Ognjanovic August 17, 2007

The King of schlock and president of Troma, Lloyd Kaufman, was the special guest of the GROSSMANN FILM FESTIVAL in a small Slovenian town Ljutomer. Slovenia is one of the small countries that came...

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Shikoku (1999) Movie Review

Shikoku (1999) Movie Review

Dejan Ognjanovic May 26, 2007

“Shikoku” could easily be discarded as ‘yet another long black haired ghost story from Japan’, but please bear with me, because it is much more than a derivative attempt to cash-in on the J-horror...

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