DVD Times (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
DVD Video Review: Awarded postumously at Cannes in 2007, director Cristian Nemescu takes a satirical look at romance and troubled relations between Romania and America during the crisis in Kosovo. Noel Megahey reviews the UK DVD release from Artificial Eye.
Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Mumbai, Aug 27 (ANI/Business Wire India): 'Missed Call', the debut film of Reelism Films (www.missedcallthefilm.com), was selected for the best international film award at the Red International Film Festival, Eilat, Israel.
high up in the trees (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
{Two double spread page details from a forthcoming artists' book made with Louise. I wanted to share this small taste with you.} Between now and the time I draw the curtains on Sunday eve, I shall have seen a further ten films and the film festival I have enjoyed shall be over for another year. The poor mans way to travel has taken me this year to Mexico, Argentina, Hungary, Thailand, Romania and more...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' (15) **** DIRECTED BY: CRISTIAN NEMESCU STARRING: RAZVAN VASILESCU, ARMAND ASSANTE
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
THIS is a film with all the sweep and ambition of an epic novel. Director Cristian Nemescu was killed in a car crash before he could complete it and the quality of the unfinished picture makes his loss all the more shocking.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
Cristian Nemescu's Cannes prizewinner was inspired by a real-life stand off in Romania at the time of the Kosovo conflict. Razvan Vasilescu plays an officious stationmaster who refuses to allow Nato troops, led by US Army Captain Doug Jones, to pass without the right papers.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 28/03/2008
A SEASON of films celebrating the best of new European cinema is to be shown at the Edinburgh Filmhouse in Lothian Road.
From the Front Row (Free subscription) | 25/01/2008
New York Times critic A.O. Scott has recorded several pieces on films coming out of Romania, called Romanian Cinema Rising, in light of the current hype surrounding Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days. Iaon Fiscuteanu in Cristi Puiu's 2006 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu The films analyzed include Mungiu's 4 Weeks, Cristi Puiu's brilliant The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Corneliu Porumboiu's
Pravda (Free subscription) | 27/11/2007
An award-winning Romanian film director Cristian Nemescu was killed in a car accident. A British citizen accused of killing cannot leave Romania.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2007
Film News: Directors remain skeptical of region's cinema -- The Romanian new wave of directors including Cristian Mungiu, Cristi Puiu and Corneliu Porumboiu and the late Cristian Nemescu may be the darlings of the European fest circuit but the severely depressed state of exhibition in their homeland means getting their groundbreaking work seen and appreciated by their countrymen is like swimming upstream....
cheezy cheeky (Free subscription) | 25/11/2007
At the movies means, more often than not, in front of the laptop screen. So, what have I seen since the Edinburgh Film Festival, other than cooking shows, TV series, and the occasional video on YouTube? I remember a few titles, all for good reasons, and you're more than welcome to leave your impressions on them in the comments. 1. Stardust . Definitely recommended. Exactly the kind of magic and humour...
Turkish Armenians (Free subscription) | 02/11/2007
The 13th European Films Festival, a traveling event also known as the 'Festival on Wheels,' will kick off today with the Ankara leg, offering masterpieces by veteran directors to movie buffs in three Turkish cities before it crosses Turkey's borders with screenings in Bosnia and Herzegovina capital Sarajevo. Turkey's easternmost province Kars will be the second stop of the festival that will run
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 26/10/2007
The “13th European Films Festival On Wheels” will entertain moviegoers from Nov. 2-25 in the Turkish capital Ankara, eastern city of Kars, Black Sea city of Samsun and Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 14/09/2007
Website The Darjeeling Limited to close 51st London Film Festival Eastern Promises to open 51st London Film Festival Last year’s festival coverage
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/09/2007
For working journalists, the Toronto International Film Festival can be pleasure and pain, trying to squeeze the movies you want to see in between those you have to see and the interviews you have to do.
