The films are relevant to understand both the first period of communism (1947-1996) from Romania’s past and the anocracy period (1996-2019) before entering the second communism period (2020-present). 1. Farewell, Comrades! On November 14th, 2011, I participated in the screening of the first episode of the historical TV documentary from the miniseries “Farewell, Comrades!”.… Read More Debug Your Mind about the Romanian Past
Australian-Romanian coproduction, 2015 written and directed by Stuart McBratney produced by Rebecca Abramovic Seen at the Elvira Popescu / Institut Francais Cinema at the International Festival of Psychoanalysis and Film in December 2015. Vision date: Friday, December 11th, 2015. The topic “The film, a comedy with dramatic overtones, presents three stories that intertwine that of… Read More Stuart McBratney’s “Pop-Up” film Reviewed by Marcus Victor Grant
The first 5 months of 2013 have passed, and I decided to make a top of the best films I’ve seen in the cinema this year. First, I want to mention that the fact that Bucharest became a city with film festivals every month has contributed profoundly to my going to more movies, more diverse… Read More Top films 2013
I am adding to yesterday’s chronicle of “Felicia, before all” [en, blog] some of the ideas from Wednesday night with directors & screenwriters Răzvan Rădulescu [en, html] and Melissa de Raaf awarded at TIFF for the screenplay, producer Ada Solomon [en, html] and actress Ozana Oancea [ro, html], also awarded at TIFF. You can also… Read More Felicia, înainte de toate (Film Review)
Launched in international world premiere in 2009 at Sarajevo and awarded at Transilvania International Film Festival 2010, today a masterpiece comes on the Romanian screens. Wednesday, I’ve been to the press release organized by Tabu. Congratulations to Cristina Bazavan for her great PR work – Tabu Oscar Party [ro, html] and this particular meeting between… Read More Time Dissipating Made into an Art
The premises I went to see Dan Chisu’s first movie, “Website story“, about which you can also find Romanian reviews here and here. These are the official trailers. First trailer (keep reading ↓) The second trailer (keep reading ↓) Third trailer Realitatea I will synthesize all you can find about the movie (not much found over… Read More “Experimental” tryout
The following films have been presented in the Lumiere Fest, realized by the participants at the Film Directing for Beginners classes held by Mihnea Columbeanu under the brand “Lumiere Cineclub”. The courses are recommended by Cinemagia. George Molesag (a student at UNATC starting this fall) has directed a short film, “Bitter and Sweet/Dulce şi Amar“.… Read More Independent Essays, Reportages and Short Films in Bucharest
Analytic Vision 