Behind the Red Carpet

Are the Oscars the Reflection of the Modern World Crisis?

Those who say that Oscars are completely insensitive and cold-blooded are so awfully wrong - Oscars committee is very sensitive, especially to the terrorism issues and perhaps that was the reason why this year nominated "Babyl", which slightly ironically showed what can be taken for the terrorism and made a couple of jokes on the famous "happy ending" thing, didn't win the award, because there are rules to be followed. The rules according to which the potential winner must be far from any political criticism of the god-blessed country America, in case there is violence in the film there shouldn't be the dirty details of the fights and bruises must be harmonically placed on the face and perfect oiled body of the character, at least one of the protagonists must be sexy and attractive, there must be some villain absolutely deprived of any positive traits and there must be some dramatic and insoluble problem... full story


By ANNA TKACH
from Kiev, UKRAINE

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Belgrade International film festival

The Last Frame for 35th FEST

The winner of the first competition in history of the festival - "Europe out of Europe" is a movie - "To get to Heaven first you need to die!" Award to this Tajikistan movie by Djamshed Usmonov was given - "for its original characters and seductive performances, and a story which takes us on a journey that's never predictable, but always convincing"... full story


By JASNA JANKOVIĆ
from Belgrade, SERBIA

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The festival of the Spanish cinematograph in Kiev

Warm Spanish Wind

The festival was held between 15th and 20th of February featuring movies by the modern spanish directors both prominent and not that famous. Although the majority of the films were reflecting difficult and somewhere desperate circumstances of life the whole atmosphere of the festival was particularly, remarkably benevolent and friendly... full story


By ANNA TKACH
from Kiev, UKRAINE

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Film Review: The last King of Scotland

A monstrous Majesty

This movie tells a hardly remembered story, showing Idi Amin's cruel, but sometimes almost funny politics. It is hard to imagine that this movie probably tells only half of the anecdotes that could be worth telling about Amin. The story is told through the eyes of Garrigan and mostly tells the story that affects Garrigan. The rest, however interesting, is left in the history books... full story


By CELINE TE BRAAKE
from Groningen, the NETHERLANDS