Good news, cinephiles: one of 2023’s buzziest movies now has an official theatrical release date. Radu Jude‘s “Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World” hits theaters next month. And there are several good reasons that MUBI snatched Jude’s film up for distribution. For one, it won the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival last year, where it had its world premiere.

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The exploitation of the poor guy by corporations is a universal affliction. So is the desire to make art about it. No filmmaker today tackles the subject with as much gusto as Romanian auteur Radu Jude. While other directors make grand gestures about societal inequities, dating themselves with their stories and form, Jude is happy to launch a Molotov cocktail at everything that came before him. He is one of the freest filmmakers working right now—unencumbered by rules, politesse, or good taste.

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Kristen Stewart wasted no time making her presence felt as jury president of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. Screendaily reports that Stewart had some cutting things to say about the state of the film industry at the festival’s Competition press conference, particularly its obsession with money over artistic merit.

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Following up comments by her fellow juror Radu Jude, who evoked Isidore Isou‘s 1951 avant-garde film “Venom And Eternity” and its credo that “cinema is the industry of money and stupidity,” Stewart called the filmmaking world’s current situation “stupid and embarrassing.” “How we [make films,] who consumes it, how much it costs — we’re heading towards oblivion on that level,” said the actress.

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Following its big win at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear top prize, the Romanian comedy-drama film, “Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn,” written and directed by Radu Jude, has been a big hit wherever it screened. By all accounts, a playful and sometimes uncomfortable film, ‘Bad Luck Banging,’ stars Katia Pascariu, as a schoolteacher who finds her reputation sullied and under threat after a personal sex tape is uploaded onto the internet.

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Let’s get this out of the way out front: Yes, the Romanian film “Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn,” winner of the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlinale, opens with about three and a half minutes of hardcore pornography. Teacher Emilia (Katia Pascariu) and her husband Eugen go at it on digital video, complete with a little light flagellation, porn-informed dirty talk, and unsimulated oral and penetrative intercourse.

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A trailer is expected to lay out the basics of a film and tease the audience in a way that makes them dying to see the full thing. Typically, that involves showing a brief overview of the plot and some dialogue/action that might show the stakes. Those rules don’t really apply in the new trailer for “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn,” as the trailer is just as wild and unpredictable as the film itself.

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New films by Celine Sciamma, Hong Sangsoo, Xavier Beauvois, Radu Jude, and the directorial debut of German actor Daniel Brühl were unveiled as part of the 15 competition titles at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival today.

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The festival’s 71st edition will take place in two stages. The Industry platforms European Film Market, Berlinale Co-Production Market, Berlinale Talents, and the World Cinema Fund will be online March 1-5.

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KARLOVY VARY – It may be 2018, but as evidenced by the actions of elected leaders, their followers and the general public, racism and nationalism are as prevalent today as they were almost 80 years ago. That’s the subject director Radu Jude explores in his sophisticated new drama “I Do Not Care If We Go Down As Barbarians” which premiered at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival this week. And if that title sounds like a handful, than Jude has succeeded in getting your attention.

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Berlin Review: Berlin Best Director Radu Jude's Bawdy, Brilliant 'Aferim!'

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