Romania
La Civil is ultimately an uneven crime thriller carried by an exceptional actress, but its subject matter is so important that one can overlook.
Fear and paranoia are the perfect catalysts for mass panic in Natalia Sinelnikova’s We Might As Well Be Dead.
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.
R.M.N. is the work of an artist with a rare gift for transmogrifying culture, politics, and ideology into human drama.
With Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, director Radu Jude seeks to expose the hypocrisy inherent in those who find sex obscene.
Paul Negoescu’s Two Lottery has a funny enough premise with a cast that knows how to play to one another’s strengths.
While lavish historical dramas laden with European accents are increasingly out of vogue with moviegoers, Queen Marie isn’t without its charms.
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.
Pivoting from steely resolve to emotional profundity, the brilliant evolution in its final moments cements The Whistlers as an unconventionally thoughtful experience.
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 is a satirical found footage film that manages to poke at the superficial ideologies of filmmaking while also being entertaining.
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.
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.
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!