Radu Jude
Film Review: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
A global pandemic poses unique challenges for filmmakers. Each country has their own set of rules and regulation, which can change with little or no warning. How could it be possible to make a film within these parameters, ensuring the safety of the cast and crew was paramount? Many productions closed down. Others changed location …
Film Review: Uppercase Print
Of all the directors from the Romanian new wave who have made an impression on international cinema, it is perhaps Radu Jude who has been the most confrontational. And he seems to be getting angrier with age. With his latest, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, he tackles a modern social problem head on. However, …
Blu-ray Review: Everybody in Our Family
Romania has long produced highly individual and unashamedly idiosyncratic cinema. Heralded by the release of Cristi Puiu’s directorial debut Stuff and Dough in 2001, and exploding during the middle of the decade, the Romanian new wave movement is characterised by an emphasis on minimalism and realism. Directors such as Corneliu Porumboiu, Adrian Sitaru, Cristian Mungiu, …