Drama about a woman who assists her friend to arrange an illegal abortion in 1980's Romania and picked up the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more
| Starring | Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean |
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| Director | Cristian Mungiu |
| Genres | Drama |
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German film goes international: Highlights and flops from the opening weekend. Marinca. Ever heard that name before? No, it's not a Hungarian opera, nor is it a hotel in Corsica. It's actually the surname of a young Romanian actress who takes the lead in the highlight of Day 3 at the Berlinale, Storm, the story of a young Bosnian woman who is called before the war crimes tribunal in the Hague to testify what she witnessed in the Yugoslav wars. In fact, German director Hans-Christian Schmid's... Read more
2008: The Best and the Worst It’s been a rocky old year, no two ways about it, and the quality of the movies has been every bit as up and down as the stock market. Just look at the year’s two Coen Brothers’ movies to see what I mean: on the one hand, the superb thriller No Country for Old Men, arguably their best movie for a decade… And on the other, Burn After Reading, a chilly, thrown-together farce that’s drastically short on laughs. Lest we forget, the year... Read more
It is nearing the end of the year and the Times has compiled a list of what it believes to be the best movies of 2007. The newspaper split its choices into those receiving five stars out of five, four stars, three stars and so on. Top of the pile with five stars was Babel, which James Christopher described as "a stunning piece of cinema", alongside Blade Runner: The Final Cut and 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days. Four stars were awarded to titles such as 300, 3:10 to Yuma, Alpha Dog,... Read more
We're halfway through 2008. The movie calendar tends to be loaded with “prestige” films at the beginning and end of the year – one Friday in February gave us There Will Be Blood, Juno, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (not forgetting The Ugly Duckling and Me!). But instead of the usual late spring and summertime sag, this year good movies have continued to wind their way to cinemas on a regular basis. Iron Man got the blockbuster season off to a flying start, this week Read more
BEST MOTION PICTURE: DRAMA Atonement Winner! American Gangster Eastern Promises The Great Debaters Michael Clayton No Country For Old Men There Will Be Blood Best Actress: Drama Julie Christie - Away From Her Winner! Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age Jodie Foster - The Brave One Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart Keira Knightley - Atonement Best Actor: Drama George Clooney - Michael Clayton Winner! Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood James McAvoy - Atonement Viggo Mortensen - Eastern... Read more
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