Tag: Corneliu Porumboiu

The Whistlers | Review

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle: Porumboiu Goes Mainstream with Neo-noir Romanian New Wave alum Corneliu Porumboiu makes a marked departure with his latest...

2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers

Making his way up the "Croisette ladder", Corneliu Porumboiu first arrived in Cannes (and helped launched what was known as the Romanian New Wave)...

Live from Cannes: 2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel – Meet the Jury!

While the competition jury have some major clout in the likes of Iñárritu, Lanthimos, Pawlikowski, Reichardt, Campillo, Alice Rohrwacher,  Elle Fanning, Maimouna N’Diaye, and...

2019 Cannes Film Festival: Mati Diop, Jessica Hausner & Céline Sciamma In Competition

Expect the unexpected. A mix of new faces and veteran filmmakers will make up the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival with first works...

The Conversation: 2019 Cannes Film Festival Predictions

For several reasons, the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival was something of a slight progression, if at least for the number of...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #47. The Passenger – Corneliu Porumboiu

The Passenger Another New Romanian Wave essential, Corneliu Porumboiu borrows a moniker from Antonioni for his fifth feature, The Passenger (previously known as Gomera). A...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #31. Corneliu Porumboiu’s Gomera

Gomera A key member of the Romanian New Wave, Corneliu Porumboiu remains a tad obscured by the likes of fellow countrymen Cristian Mungiu and Cristi...

The Conversation: Producer Sylvie Pialat

Sylvie Pialat, wife of the late auteur Maurice Pialat, has been producing and fostering vibrant international directors following the passing of her husband in...

The Treasure | Review

Porumboiu, The Treasure Hunter: Yet Another Romanian Gem As far as we're aware, no Romanian director has yet made a movie about staring at a stark,...

The Conversation: Top Ten Films of 2015 in…2016

As always, a number of deserving film festival entries are stragglers in need of distribution or funneled away by buyers to be released in...

2015 TIFF: Porumboiu, Muntean, Sewitsky & Tsangari Among Contemporary World Cinema Selections

Anne Sewitsky's Sundance preemed Homesick, Cannes preemed Romanian imports from Radu Muntean's One Floor Below and Corneliu Porumboiu's The Treasure along with Athina Rachel...

The Conversation: To Cannes and Back

Unfortunately, this year’s main competition line-up at the Cannes Film Festival ended up being something of an easy target for jaded festival goers. An...

2015 Cannes Film Fest: Main Comp 1st Timers Include Kurzel, Lanthimos, Donzelli, Villeneuve, Brize, Joachim Trier & Laszlo Nemes

Returnee former Palme d'Or winners and their latest in Nanni Moretti (Mia Madre), Gus Van Sant (Sea Of Trees) are joined by several Main Comp...

The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell… 2015 Cannes Film Fest Predictions

With the world’s most prestigious film festival just around the corner, cineastes have been lasciviously salivating about what’s going to show up at Cannes,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #91. Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Treasure

The Treasure Director: Corneliu Porumboiu // Writer: Corneliu Porumboiu One of the frontrunners of the Romanian New Wave thanks to his 2006 debut 12:08 East of...

European Film Awards: Vogt, Östlund, Pawlikowski, Zvyagintsev
, Glazer & Ceylan Among 50 Contenders

This year’s European Film Awards are officially out of the gates with a not so lean 50 film submissions to select from. The 27th...

Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Corneliu Porumboiu’s When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism - Corneliu Porumboiu Section: Contemporary World Cinema Dates: Monday 9th, Wednesday 11th, Sunday 15th Buzz: Filling our fix for auteur-driven...

TIFF 2013’s CWC Includes Latest from Spielmann, Eimbcke, Rasoulof, Seidl & Corneliu Porumboiu

Final batch of TIFF titles were announced today and among the international hodgepodge of items trickling we find Berlin (Golden Bear winner Child's Pose),...

2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Corneliu Porumboiu’s A Nine-Minute Interval

#25. Corneliu Porumboiu's A Nine Minute Interval Gist: We A Nine Minute Interval, I think we can expect some of the infused situational deadpan humor...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #7. Corneliu Porumboiu’s A Nine-Minute Interval

A Nine-Minute Interval Director: Corneliu Porumboiu Writer: Corneliu Porumboiu Producers: Romanian 42km Film’s Marcela Ursu and Les Films du Worso’s Sylvie Pialat U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Bogdan Dumitrache...

Romanian Presence for Cannes 2013?: Police, Adjective’s Corneliu Porumboiu Counts ‘A Nine-Minute Interval’

Critics who flock to Cannes every year and the cinephiles who can't get enough of the Romania's contributions to art-house cinema will be pleased...

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Bertrand Mandico’s ‘Roma elastica’ & Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ Moving Forward; Cannes 2026?

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Who by Fire (Comme le feu) | Review

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