German writer-director Maren Ade goes the distance with this comic epic about a feuding father and daughter.
Tag: Romanian New Wave
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The Tribe pulls us into the world of deaf children—and then repels us
The Ukrainian import The Tribe lets hearing people know how the deaf feel to be excluded.
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A written correspondence with Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu
Questions for the director of Beyond the Hills about his work and about Romanian cinema in general
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Faith is the divide in Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills
Two old friends are separated by religion in Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills.
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Lessons from Facets Multimedia’s recent Lucian Pintilie retrospective
Taking stock of what I learned from Facets Multimedia’s retrospective of the acclaimed Romanian filmmaker
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Coming soon: the films of Lucian Pintilie
Previewing the upcoming retrospective of the 79-year-old Romanian filmmaker
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Best of 2011, number 1: Aurora
Our year-end review concludes with Cristi Puiu’s Aurora.