Tag: Adrian Titieni

Three Kilometres To The End Of The World | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

It Can’t Happen Here: Parvu’s Agonizing Procedural on Small Town Homophobia For his third feature, Three Kilometers to the End of the World, Romanian director...

Carturan | 2019 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

Pray the Lord My Soul To Take: Sandulescu’s Poignant and Witty Meditation on Mortality Liviu Săndulescu’s Carturan is a tale about bribery, the uncaring bureaucratic...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 84. Calin Peter Netzer’s Ana, Mon Amour

Ana, Mon Amour Director: Calin Peter Netzer Writer: Calin Peter Netzer, Cezar Paul Badescu Romanian director Calin Peter Netzer reached international acclaim upon winning the Golden Bear...

2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 9: ‎Cristian Mungiu Teaches Masterclass with “Graduation”

Winner of the Palme d'Or in a heavily stacked 2007 field that included The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men...

Illegitimate | 2016 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Cruel Intentions: Sitaru Aims to Provoke with Abortion Drama Director Adrian Sitaru makes his most galling effort yet with his fourth film, Illegitimate, a social...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #9. Cristian Mungiu’s Family Photos

Family Photos Director: Cristian Mungiu Writer: Cristian Mungiu It's already been four years since Romanian auteur's last film, the superb Beyond the Hills in 2012---and that's the...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.