Two Lottery Tickets (Doua Lozuri) Dekanalog Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Paul Negoescu Writer: Ion Luca Caragiale, Paul Negoescu Cast: Dorian Boguta, Dragos Bucur, Alexandru Papadopol, Andi Vasluianu, Serban Pavlu Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 5/13/21 Opens: May 21, 2021 If a Bucharest filmmaker wants to make a […]
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- 5/16/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Uppercase Print
One of the latter figures of the Romanian New Wave, Radu Jude, also remains one of the busiest. He returns to the nightmare of the Ceausescu era with his latest, Uppercase Print, which stars Serban Pavlu (a regular for Jude), Ioana Jacob and Bogdan Zamfir (who made his debut in Fidelio: Alice’s Journey in 2014 and had a bit part in the Dardenne Bros.’ Young Ahmed this year). Gianina Cărbunariu adapts her own documentary play with Jude in this project, produced by Ada Solomon (who produced his 2015 award winner Aferim!…...
One of the latter figures of the Romanian New Wave, Radu Jude, also remains one of the busiest. He returns to the nightmare of the Ceausescu era with his latest, Uppercase Print, which stars Serban Pavlu (a regular for Jude), Ioana Jacob and Bogdan Zamfir (who made his debut in Fidelio: Alice’s Journey in 2014 and had a bit part in the Dardenne Bros.’ Young Ahmed this year). Gianina Cărbunariu adapts her own documentary play with Jude in this project, produced by Ada Solomon (who produced his 2015 award winner Aferim!…...
- 1/2/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Dana and Arthur are a married couple in their forties whose relationship is at a crossroads. Facing pressure from a society and family that seems to love them together, they’re also driven by desires that are pushing them apart. On one fateful day, the two have to decide if the biggest proof of their love is finally letting go.
“Monsters.” is the feature directorial debut of Marius Olteanu, who also wrote the script. Starring Cristian Popa and Judith State, it world premiered in the Berlin Film Festival’s Forum section, and played this week at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The film is produced by Parada Film in co-production with We Are Basca, with the support of the Romanian Film Center, in collaboration with the Romanian public broadcaster Tvr. International sales are handled by Alpha Violet.
Olteanu spoke with Variety about the complex ties that bind married couples, the...
“Monsters.” is the feature directorial debut of Marius Olteanu, who also wrote the script. Starring Cristian Popa and Judith State, it world premiered in the Berlin Film Festival’s Forum section, and played this week at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The film is produced by Parada Film in co-production with We Are Basca, with the support of the Romanian Film Center, in collaboration with the Romanian public broadcaster Tvr. International sales are handled by Alpha Violet.
Olteanu spoke with Variety about the complex ties that bind married couples, the...
- 7/6/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Cluj, Romania–HBO Europe’s Romanian crime drama “Shadows” (Umbre) is returning for Season 3, with the first episode world premiering June 6 at the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival.
A hit adaptation of the Australian drama “Small Time Gangster,” from writer-director Bogdan Mirica, “Shadows” is the story of a rough-edged taxi driver and family man who leads a double life in Bucharest as a debt collector for the mob.
Antony Root, HBO Europe’s executive VP of programming and production, describes it as “a mature, fascinating piece of filmmaking, and distinctive in exactly the way that I think HBO shows need to be distinctive, wherever they are.”
“Shadows” is the latest series to launch from the cabler’s growing slate of central and eastern European premium dramas. The six-episode season will be released across all 21 HBO Europe territories this fall.
Season3 picks up with the taxi driver Relu (Serban Pavlu) struggling to...
A hit adaptation of the Australian drama “Small Time Gangster,” from writer-director Bogdan Mirica, “Shadows” is the story of a rough-edged taxi driver and family man who leads a double life in Bucharest as a debt collector for the mob.
Antony Root, HBO Europe’s executive VP of programming and production, describes it as “a mature, fascinating piece of filmmaking, and distinctive in exactly the way that I think HBO shows need to be distinctive, wherever they are.”
“Shadows” is the latest series to launch from the cabler’s growing slate of central and eastern European premium dramas. The six-episode season will be released across all 21 HBO Europe territories this fall.
Season3 picks up with the taxi driver Relu (Serban Pavlu) struggling to...
- 6/6/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Echoes of Autumn: Jurgiu’s Understated Debut Tender, Unmemorable
Inevitably, it’s difficult to consider the merits of Romanian director Tudor Cristian Jurgiu’s directorial debut The Japanese Dog without first positioning it within the context of the current output of Jurgiu’s peers, many of whom belong and have flourished in the framework established by the New Romanian Wave. Simple, sort of tender, and not without a subtle blend of layered meaning, many will (and have) compared the film, mostly unfavorably, to the works of Yasujiro Ozu, wherein in delicate, incredibly fragile familial emotions interweave within the confines of simplistic narrative. Yet Jurgiu’s film feels much to sleight of hand and shirks from the responsibility of going beyond the superficiality of its sentiments.
Costache (Victor Rebengiuc) is a crusty curmudgeon, a man who mostly keeps to himself in his small village. Recently, it seems a major flood has...
Inevitably, it’s difficult to consider the merits of Romanian director Tudor Cristian Jurgiu’s directorial debut The Japanese Dog without first positioning it within the context of the current output of Jurgiu’s peers, many of whom belong and have flourished in the framework established by the New Romanian Wave. Simple, sort of tender, and not without a subtle blend of layered meaning, many will (and have) compared the film, mostly unfavorably, to the works of Yasujiro Ozu, wherein in delicate, incredibly fragile familial emotions interweave within the confines of simplistic narrative. Yet Jurgiu’s film feels much to sleight of hand and shirks from the responsibility of going beyond the superficiality of its sentiments.
Costache (Victor Rebengiuc) is a crusty curmudgeon, a man who mostly keeps to himself in his small village. Recently, it seems a major flood has...
- 5/23/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Out of the Bedroom & Into the Streets: Jude’s Latest a Bitter Drama of Cyclical Misery
Now at the end of a decade in existence, the Romanian New Wave has another veritable name to add to its annals with Radu Jude, whose excellent third feature film, Everybody In Our Family, rounds the festival circuit, and hopefully will enjoy a reputation that rivals the works of Muntean and Mungiu. A day-in-the-life of kitchen sink miserablism, this uncomfortable little domestic drama is an irresistibly well acted venture that pulls you in quick and keeps you enthralled to its final few minutes. With a plot that sounds like it very easily could veer into camp black comedy, Jude’s film keeps a level of dead seriousness that laces those laughs with a discomforting edge.
Marius (Serban Pavlu) is a divorced dentist in his late thirties. He wakes up one morning in the middle of his apartment,...
Now at the end of a decade in existence, the Romanian New Wave has another veritable name to add to its annals with Radu Jude, whose excellent third feature film, Everybody In Our Family, rounds the festival circuit, and hopefully will enjoy a reputation that rivals the works of Muntean and Mungiu. A day-in-the-life of kitchen sink miserablism, this uncomfortable little domestic drama is an irresistibly well acted venture that pulls you in quick and keeps you enthralled to its final few minutes. With a plot that sounds like it very easily could veer into camp black comedy, Jude’s film keeps a level of dead seriousness that laces those laughs with a discomforting edge.
Marius (Serban Pavlu) is a divorced dentist in his late thirties. He wakes up one morning in the middle of his apartment,...
- 11/2/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
★★★★☆ From Radu Jude, the director of The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), comes London Film Festival entry Everybody in Our Family (2012). An almost unequivocal critical hit at this year's Berlinale, this exhilarating Romanian comedy is one of this year's most enjoyable and perfectly executed inclusions at the Lff. Jude's film focuses on Marius (Serban Pavlu), a divorced dentist in his late thirties whose life is currently in a state of disarray. He's about to embark on a trip to the seaside with his five year-old daughter Sofia (Sofia Nicolaescu), however she lives with his estranged wife and her new husband.
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- 10/13/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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