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confused and divisive as the world is (film: Eddington – Ari Aster, 2025)

Posted on April 18, 2026 by admin

‘Eddington‘, the fourth film by American director Ari Aster, reminded me in many ways of some of Romanian director Radu Jude’s recent films. Made in 2025, the film looks back at the first half of 2020, a period that seems … Continue reading →

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a horror menu (film: The Menu – Mark Mylod, 2022)

Posted on April 7, 2026 by admin

Food movies lovers are in for a special treat in ‘The Menu‘, the 2022 film by director Mark Mylod. Or, to use the film’s terminology – a very special menu. Food movies have become an extremely popular genre, rivaled perhaps … Continue reading →

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a piece of life (film: C’mon C’mon – Mike Mills, 2021)

Posted on April 2, 2026 by admin

Mike Mills is one of those screenwriters-directors who have a formidable talent for bringing real life, as we know it, to the screen. I noticed this in one of his previous films – ’20th Century Women’ and this opinion was … Continue reading →

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history in style (film: Amsterdam – David O. Russell, 2022)

Posted on March 31, 2026 by admin

I confess that ‘Amsterdam‘, the 2022 film by David O. Russell, confused me. The American director, who also writes his scripts, has made several films that I really liked for their stylistic consistency, for the topics related to the American … Continue reading →

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daddy’s romcom (film: The Apartment – Billy Wilder, 1960)

Posted on March 15, 2026 by admin

‘The Apartment‘ was made in 1960, a year after director Billy Wilder and his Romania-born co-writer I.A.L. Diamond had made ‘Some Like It Hot’. The success was expected and the film did even better than its predecessor, winning 5 Oscars … Continue reading →

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the chronicle of a failure in the Balkans (film: Sorella di Clausura – Ivana Mladenovic, 2025)

Posted on March 5, 2026 by admin

Ivana Mladenovic, the director of the film ‘Sorella din Clausura‘ (‘Cloistered Sister‘ in the English distribution), was born in Serbia, but studied theater and film in Romania, where her four feature films to date have been made. The film’s title, … Continue reading →

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banality of good and evil (film: It Was Just an Accident / Yek tasadof-e sadeh – Jafar Panahi, 2025)

Posted on February 24, 2026 by admin

Jafar Panahi‘s ‘It was Just an Accident‘ (the original title is ‘Yek tasadof-e sadeh‘) would deserve all the awards for courage and verticality, if they existed at the Academy Awards or international film festivals. The Iranian director, the actors and … Continue reading →

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life as a boxing match (film: Gipsy Queen – Hüseyin Tabak, 2019)

Posted on February 21, 2026 by admin

Romanian cinema has only recently begun to deal more intensely with the fate of the over 5 million Romanians who live and work outside the country’s borders, with several very interesting films being released in the last year. These films … Continue reading →

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farewell rituals (film: Ani wo mochihakoberu saizu ni / Bring Him Down to a Portable Size – Ryôta Nakano, 2025)

Posted on February 1, 2026 by admin

‘Bring Him Down to a Portable Size‘ (2025 – in Japanese the title is ‘Ani wo mochihakoberu saizu ni‘) by Ryôta Nakano reminded me of another Japanese film that deals with funeral details – ‘Departures’ (2008 – in Japanese the … Continue reading →

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a farce in the mountains (film: Catane – Ioana Mischie, 2025)

Posted on January 27, 2026 by admin

The poster, the credits and the promotional campaign for ‘Catane‘ (2025) insist on emphasizing the fact that it is a feature-length debut film. I don’t know exactly why the director and screenwriter Ioana Mischie, together with the producers, insist on … Continue reading →

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