Press

The Times gives 4 stars to Cinema Komunisto

The Times, November-23-2012 (eng.)

★★★★ “This exhaustively researched and elegantly edited documentary explores the cinematic legacy of the former Yugoslavia.”

Dazed.com; DOCUMENTARY OF THE WEEK

Dazed & Confused, November-23-2012 (eng.)

“Actors, producers, secret police and Tito’s personal projectionist describe eccentric, fact-meets-fiction stories – including using the country’s entire armed forces for celluloid battle scenes, and Tito’s hiring of Richard Burton to play himself in a biopic.”

Cinema Komunisto Review

Little White Lies, Nov-23-2012 (eng.)

“The heady days of the Yugoslav film industry during the Tito years makes for a highly entertaining slab of social, political and cinematic history… An informative, funny and tragic account of a thriving national cinema that was killed off in its prime.”

The Guardian review of Cinema Komunisto

Guardian, November-22-2012 (eng.)

“Her interviews are revealing: as industry survivors kick around the rusting, dusty infrastructure, what emerges is a region-specific form of nostalgia for a time when the Balkan states played on the very same soundstage.”

Time Out review

Time Out London, Nov-21-2012 (eng.)

“a fascinating tale”

View London gives 4 stars to Cinema Komunisto

View London, Nov-21-2012 (eng.)

“A nostalgic, poignant documentary, Cinema Komunisto, with its stunning archival footage, is fascinating and enlightening…and a must-see for film fans”

A great documentary about the cinema of Yugoslavia

Total Film Magazine, Nov-19-2012 (eng.)

Yugoslavia, paradise on Earth, just a shame about the film

Guardian, Nov-16-2012 (eng.)

“the impressively succinct and comprehensive Cinema Komunisto earns laughs”

London Archive Film Festival: Cinema Komunisto

New Empress Magazine, May-14-2012, (eng.)

Jugoslavija je bila ilizuja

Kisobran, May-2012 (srp.)

In Serbian political past, filmmaker finds art

Yale Daily New, Mar-21-12, (eng.)

Cinema Komunisto – Mila Turajlić and Tito light up Berlin’s silver screen

Berlin Goes Balkan, Mar-5-12, (eng.)

Links to audio recording of audience Q&A

Balkans reclaim a place in cinema

International Herald Tribune, Dec-29-11, (eng.)

“While it might be premature to claim that there is a second New Wave of western Balkan cinema (the first new wave — or “Novi Film” — movement happened in Yugoslavia in the 1960s), it can be said that a large group of talented young filmmakers from the region are making an impact on the international film circuit.” (click here to download pdf)

Cinema Komunisto: Living in Tito’s Vision

Daily News Egypt, Dec-16-2011 (eng.)

“Turajlic’s powerful documentary excels in its task and will keep audiences riveted from start to finish.”

This is a Story about a Country that Exists Only in Films

Stanford Arts Review, Oct-26-2011 (eng.)

“an insightful look into how tightly cinema was sown into not only the Communist identity of the Second Yugoslav republic, but its very existence.”

A U.N. for Film

Metro, Oct-19-2011 (eng.)

“SHOW IT AGAIN, LEKA: Tito was constructing a Communist dream as sturdy as a movie set’s false front. But we get a different angle as well—all cinematic Babylons, from D.W. Griffith’s on down, seem doomed to rot. All that’s left is what we see here: pageantry, epics, accordions and footage of Tito gleaming in his cult of personality, gilded with fool’s gold.”

Cinema Komunisto review

Agony and Ecstasy, Oct-10-2011 (eng.)

“One of the spriest documentaries about a film industry that I have seen, …Cinema Komunisto as a whole is smart and insightful”

Cinema Komunisto finds life among the ruins

North Shore News, Oct-7-2011 (eng.)

Our guide to the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival

Chicago Reader, Oct-6-2011 (eng.)

Chicago’s famous Chicago Reader features Cinema Komunisto in their festival review!

Film beogradske redateljice mogao bi bolje proći u kinima u Hrvatskoj nego u Srbiji

Jutarnji List, Oct-04-2011 (hr.) Review by famous Croatian film critic, Nenad Polimac.

Aplauzi za “Cinema Komunisto” u Zagrebu

Blic, Sep-30-2011 (srp.)

Redateljica Mila Turajlić: Moj film je bunt, a ne jugonostalgija

Vecernji list, Sep-29-2011 (hr.)

Cineaste reviews – Cinema Komunisto

Cineaste Magazine, Fall-2011 (eng.)

Balade en Yougonostalgie

Le Monde diplomatique, August-2011 (fr.)

Que représente ce sentiment, où se mêlent le regret d’un Etat puissant, respecté sur la scène internationale, et les souvenirs idéalisés d’un socialisme « à visage humain » ? (click here for Cinema Komunisto paragraph)

Independent Critic Review

independentcritic.com, 2-Aug-2011 (eng.)

”This is a wonderful coming-together of skilfull construction and fascinating subject matter..”

Cinema Komunisto – Jugoslavija kao zemlja snova u filmu

Showtime, Jul-26-2011 (hr.)

Rabat, grand angle

Le Soir, Jul-4-2011 (fr.)

Cinema Komunisto review

Forum, Jul-1-2011 (mak.)

Tita i prošlost sagledati bez ideološke ostrašćenosti

Vrijeme, May-28-2011 (srb.)

Variety review

Variety, May-25-2011 (eng.)

SFIFF 54 – Cinema Komunisto

BeyondChron.org, May-4-2011 (eng.)

This delightful film recounts how [the] country’s film industry became both an instrument and a source of Yugoslavian pride.

Film Under a Dictatorship

Salon.com, May-2-2011 (eng.)

‘Cinema Komunisto’ brilliantly keeps Yugoslava alive on film

New Jersey Newsroon, April-27-2011 (eng.)

A movie whose very existence confirms and deepens its point, “Cinema Komunisto” brilliantly retells the story of a country through its films… This surprising documentary from first-time director, Serbian Mila Turajlić, has claimed its place among this year’s strongest entries. Mila Turajlić and the Tribeca Film Festival are upholding what Bulajić calls the first law of the cinema, honesty. “Cinema Komunisto” keeps a time and place alive on film.

Anthems for Dead Nations

Capital New York, April-25-2011 (eng.)

Highlights from the Tribeca Festival

The Atlantic, April-25-2011 (eng.)

“In many ways Tribeca has snagged the ultimate festival film in Cinema Komunisto. Like [Cameron Crowe's] The Union, Turajlic’s documentary has a deep fondness for a bygone era, but it’s definitely worth “checking in” to.

TFF ’11: Making Movies in Communist Era Yugoslavia

Screen Comment, April-23-2011 (eng.)

“Cinema Komunisto” is still one of the most riveting, well-researched, elegantly-rendered chronicles of a fallen era to ever be captured on film—and a must-see for film aficionados.

Tribeca Q & A: Mila Turajlic on ‘Cinema Komunisto’

New York Times, April-21-2011 (eng.)

Better Movies, Less Hoopla – Tribeca Finds Its Footing

Village Voice, Apr-20-2011 (eng.)

Mila Turajlic eulogizes a defunct society by exhuming its once-thriving film culture in this elegantly constructed memory machine.. Cinema, like the state that commissioned it, was a magnificent illusion, but is mourned all the same.

Cinema Komunisto review

Slant Magazine, April-14-2011 (eng.)

Sva ludila su dragocena

e-novine, April-6-2011 (srb.)

Meet the 2011 Tribeca Filmmakers | “Cinema Komunisto” Director Mila Turajlic

indiewire, April-6-2011 (eng.)

Tribeca Features: Mila Turajlic – Cinema Komunisto

Tribeca Film Festival, April-4-2011 (eng.)

Komunistični film, ki to pravzaprav ni

Dnevnik.si, March-31-2011 (slovenian)

Cinema Komunisto interview

fucinemute.it, February-14-2011 (it.)

Jugoslavija na velikom ekranu: ‘Cinema Komunisto’ ili film o jednoj nestaloj državi

Nacional, February-11-2011 (hr.)

Da nam živi živi san

popboks.com, February-11-2011 (srb.)

Život i propast „Holivuda Istoka”

Politika, January-30-2011 (srb.)

Cinema Komunisto: Više od istorije

e-novine.com, January-30-2011 (srb.)

Cela država kao jedna kulisa

Blic, January-29-2011 (srb.)

Mila Turajlić: San o Holivudu na istoku

Novosti, January-29-2011 (srb.)

Il cinema di Tito fan di John Wayne

La Repubblica, January-25-2011 (it.)

E Tito fece «traslocare» Hollywood in Jugoslavia

Corriere della sera, January-23-2011 (it.)

Interview with Serbian Director Mila Turajlic

Cinema-Redux, December-30-2010 (eng.)

Cinema Komunisto review

Screen International, December-9-2010 (eng.)

“The fascinating and absorbing documentary Cinema Komunisto is a must for film fans.. quite wonderfully tracks the history of former Yugoslavia through its cinema.”