Romania

LA CIVIL: One Mother's Tireless Quest For Justice
LA CIVIL: One Mother’s Tireless Quest For Justice

La Civil is ultimately an uneven crime thriller carried by an exceptional actress, but its subject matter is so important that one can overlook.

Tribeca Film Festival 2022: WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD
Tribeca Film Festival 2022: WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD

Fear and paranoia are the perfect catalysts for mass panic in Natalia Sinelnikova’s We Might As Well Be Dead.

MIRACLE: Losing My Religion
MIRACLE: Losing My Religion

A thought-provoking exploration of morality and mortality divided neatly into two parts, Miracle isn’t clear-cut or easy to comprehend, but it is compelling.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Cristian Mungiu Delivers Another Searing Masterpiece With R.M.N.
Cannes Film Festival 2022: Cristian Mungiu Delivers Another Searing Masterpiece With R.M.N.

R.M.N. is the work of an artist with a rare gift for transmogrifying culture, politics, and ideology into human drama.

BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN: When Private Goes Public
BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN: When Private Goes Public

With Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, director Radu Jude seeks to expose the hypocrisy inherent in those who find sex obscene.

TWO LOTTERY TICKETS: Romanian Comedy That Wins Big
TWO LOTTERY TICKETS: Romanian Comedy That Wins Big

Paul Negoescu’s Two Lottery has a funny enough premise with a cast that knows how to play to one another’s strengths.

QUEEN MARIE: A Slightly Dented Crown
QUEEN MARIE: A Slightly Dented Crown

While lavish historical dramas laden with European accents are increasingly out of vogue with moviegoers, Queen Marie isn’t without its charms.

Berlinale 2021: Radu Jude On BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN
Berlinale 2021: Radu Jude On BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN

For his film Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn, director Radu Jude discusses the film’s controversial themes, the politics behind the humour and more!

Berlinale 2021: BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN
Berlinale 2021: BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN

Right from the opening beat, it is clear that Radu Jude’s satirical Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is in to shock its audience.

THE WHISTLERS: Labyrinthine Crime Saga Is Stoic, Efficient & Strangely Poignant
THE WHISTLERS: Labyrinthine Crime Saga Is Stoic, Efficient & Strangely Poignant

Pivoting from steely resolve to emotional profundity, the brilliant evolution in its final moments cements The Whistlers as an unconventionally thoughtful experience.

I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS: Where Real Horrors Lie In Reinterpretation
I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS: Where Real Horrors Lie In Reinterpretation

Romanian film I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History as Barbarians makes a bold statement about power and violence without resorting to fighting fire with fire.

BE MY CAT - A FILM FOR ANNE: Close To Purr-fect Found-Footage Satire
BE MY CAT – A FILM FOR ANNE: Close To Purr-fect Found-Footage Satire

Be My Cat is a satirical found footage film that manages to poke at the superficial ideologies of filmmaking while also being entertaining.

GRADUATION: A Complex Morality Play
GRADUATION: A Complex Morality Play

Graduation, Mungiu’s fourth film as director, is yet another example of how he masterfully weaves an intimate character drama into an intelligent commentary on injustices in Romanian society.

Aferim
AFERIM!: An Excellent Film Which Fails To Hit The Spot

There are two thoughts that go through your head when you hear about a Romanian film which won the Silver Bear for its director Radu June (at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival), and which has been earmarked as the country’s entry into the Foreign Film category at this year’s Oscars. The first is that this must be a very good film indeed. The other is that this is the sort of film that groups of people gather around and agree is an artistic and important film, but ultimately it’s not very entertaining.