Cristi Puiu

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Dark new wave

Contemporary Romanian cinema at the HFA
Every now and then, it happens: a new wave from where?
By MICHAEL ATKINSON | October 01, 2007

Start the revolution without me

History lessons in 12:08 East of Bucharest
To judge from recent movies from that country, everything in Romania is going to pot. Except Romanian movies.
By PETER KEOUGH | July 24, 2007

Babel rousers

Oscar opts for liberal gilt
It’s not often that I feel this way, but this year I’m kind of proud of my profession.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 17, 2007

Doom, gloom and zoom

A year in film
Given the past year’s headlines, it can’t come as a surprise that some of the best films of 2006 had an edge of darkness to them.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 16, 2007

Approaches the mythic
Those dismayed by the state of American medicine might take heart from Romanian director Cristi Puiu’s depressing, fascinating, two-and-a-half-hour death watch. Watch the trailer for The Death of Mr.Lzarescu (QuickTime)
By PETER KEOUGH | July 31, 2006

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Those dismayed by the state of American medicine might take heart from Romanian director Cristi Puiu’s depressing, fascinating, two-and-a-half-hour death watch.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 18, 2006