Marko Stojiljković is a professional film journalist and critic, as well as an occasional film festival programmer. Originally from Serbia, but based in Slovenia, he can be spotted at a number of film festivals, mainly in Central and Eastern Europe. He is a regular contributor to international publications Cineuropa, Asian Movie Pulse and the European Animation Journal, along with a handful of media in the region of former Yugoslavia. He is a member of the Croatian Film Critics Society and Slovenian and international branch of FIPRESCI.
Marko is a proponent of the theory that no movie is useless and, no matter how bad it is, it deserves a review, so it could serve as a bad example. For instance, to appreciate the heights of the elevated genre pieces, one has to see enough trash and schlock to have something to compare them to. He describes his approach as heavy metal film criticism, complete with blast beats, riffs, loud vocals and word “solos” arranged in a flexible, but clear structure – angry and loud, but articulate.
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Latest Film Reviews
House Of Sayuri
A vengeful ghost decimates a family until a counterattack from a bold grandmother brings a startling new dynamic into the house.
The Home
Many years after leaving, Joel returns home to move his mother Monika to a care facility for the elderly struggling with dementia. But as she starts to have terrifying visions, he begins to suspect something supernatural is at work.
Cadet
A mother Alina tries to enroll her son, Serik, in an elite military academy, but he is bullied by his classmates.
The Black Hole
As aliens descend to study humans, the people caught up in their investigations face turning points in their own lives. Two women take part-time jobs being dissected by the cosmic visitors; a woman fleeing an abusive relationship takes shelter in a muscle mummy’s giant-spider-ridden apartment; and a young man begins an affair with the domineering, alluring woman across the street while his mother seeks fulfillment in an expensive vacuum cleaner.
U Are The Universe
In the distant future, a space trucker from Khmelnytskyi is trying to get rid of over three billion tons of waste. When he hears from a woman on a distant space station, he becomes determined to reach her.
Spermageddon
Two awkward teens are having sex for the first time, while Simon the Semen and his friends are on a quest to reach the golden goal, the Egg.
How To Be Normal And The Oddness Of The Other World
Freshly released from psychiatric hospital, Pia moves back in with her parents to rebuild her life. In a world that feels as unsteady as herself, she juggles jobs, heartbreak, her meds and social stigma as she searches for equilibrium.
The Million Dollar Bet
A pair of pals find their friendship challenged when one of them decides to run three back-to-back marathons in 24 hours.
Mickey 17
The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes, has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job … to die, for a living.
