Radu Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” is a Romanian feature film replete with satire, a full panoply of Romanian music and implicit comparisons of modern Romania to Ceausescu’s communist Romania. Angela (Ilinca Manoache) is a production assistant for a Romanian film production company in Bucharest specializing in “corporateContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”: A Wild Ride Through Bucharest and Romanian History! A New Cult Film?”
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RKS 2023 Film: “Metronom”: Sex, Cognac, Rock and Roll and Romanian Communism
Ana (Mara Bugarin), a senior high school student in 1972 Bucharest, wants to visit her buddy Roxana (Mara Vicol) and a group of friends to listen to music and chat. Mother does not want Ana to go as she has to study for university entrance exams. But being somewhat of a typical teenager Ana defiesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Metronom”: Sex, Cognac, Rock and Roll and Romanian Communism”
RKS Film: “Întregalde”: Romanian Film Spins it’s Wheels in the Mud
Radu Muntean’s “Întregalde” like the Land Rover in the film that is trapped in the mud is spinning its wheels and not really progressing. I was expecting more from Muntean with 6 films under his belt. Three friends head out from Bucharest to deliver food packages in the remote Romanian countryside. Their Land Rover becomesContinue reading “RKS Film: “Întregalde”: Romanian Film Spins it’s Wheels in the Mud”
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