Tag Archives: Luminita Gheorghiu

roots of nostalgia (film: Sunt o babă comunistă – Stere Gulea, 2013)

The phenomenon of nostalgia for communism seems to refuse to die. ‘Sunt o babă comunistă‘ (English title – ‘I’m an Old Communist Hoag‘), the 2013 film by Stere Gulea, joins several other creations of film schools from former communist countries, … Continue reading

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Aferim, Radu Jude! (Film: Aferim! – Radu Jude, 2015)

What critics and audiences call ‘the Romanian New Wave’ is not that new any longer. Already in its teens it has focused on the present times, and the recent past of Romania – the last decade of the Communist era … Continue reading

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