Cannes Buzz: Cristi Puiu’s ‘Aurora’ Impresses Most Critics

Christopher Bell — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:00:00 +0000

At least since Cristian Mungiu’s “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” stormed the Croisette back in 2007, taking the Palme d’Or (and with it the collective breaths of international critics)—and, in some corners of the critical universe, as far back as 2006’s “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu,” a near three-hour seriocomic indictment of a defunct health care system — the emergence of the Romanian new-wave, a movement intent on documenting the harshness of life under a Communist regime, has been a big deal for cinephiles.

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NYFF: “Police, Adjective” Is Quite Literally the Most Boring Movie Ever Made (Ever)

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Romanian director Corneliu Porumboi seems to be a bright star in Romanian film, with his two most recent movies receiving accolades from Cannes and one of them, 2006’s post-Communist comedy “12:08 East of Bucharest” winding up on a ton of Top 10 lists at the end of the year.

So there was an understandable amount of excitement about his new film, “Police, Adjective” playing at the New York Film Festival, especially after it won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section (it runs parallel to the Palme d’Or) at Cannes.

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