Tag: Danica Curcic

TIFF21 REVIEW: Murina [2022]

Jared Mobarak

Dreams die in paradise. The thing we often forget about exotic locales is that they aren’t an escape for those who live there. While co-eds dock ashore for sun, sex, and fun, families are merely waking up early to go spearfishing so that they have dinner that night. The psychological toll of constantly looking out your window at happy faces while dealing with the futility of teenage living under a domineering father with few if any opportunities to leave must be daunting. So, when Julija (Gracija Filipovic) exits the water…

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REVIEW: Ut og stjæle hester [Out Stealing Horses] [2019]

Jared Mobarak

I’ll be damned. Tragedy strikes forty years after moving to Sweden and the loss is so profound that Trond (Stellan Skarsgård) discovers it difficult to continue on as before. When your life is changed so fully and abruptly, a desire to “pick up the pieces” very often pales in comparison to simply leaving them behind. Gone was his tether to the city and connection to his possessions. Gone was his sense of home itself. So he decides to leave and find another in the desolate countryside of Norway. Trond escapes…

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