The Whistlers. 2019 Written and Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu Starring Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazăr, Sabin Tambrea, Agustí Villaronga, István Teglas, and Antonio Buíl Synopsis: A policeman intent on freeing a crooked businessman from a prison on Gomera, an island in the Canaries. However, he must first learn the difficult local dialect, a language […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Whistlers
The Whistlers, 2019. Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. Starring Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Antonio Buíl, Rodica Lazar and Agustí Villaronga. SYNOPSIS: A bent cop becomes embroiled in a crime syndicate he was originally investigating and soon learns their secret language of coded whistles. The whistled language of ‘El Silbo’ dates back hundreds of years, way back […]
Movie Review – Sunset (2019)
Sunset, 2019. Directed by Lászlò Nemes. Starring Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Evelin Dobos, and Marcin Czarnik. SYNOPSIS: A young woman searches the streets of Budapest, Hungary, to find the brother she never knew she had. At times, Sunset reminds me of the work of Andrei Tarkovsky. Some scenes feel poetic, while others come off painfully […]
Movie Review – Dark Crimes (2018)
Dark Crimes, 2018. Directed by Alexandros Avranas. Starring Jim Carrey, Martin Csokas, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kati Outinen, Vlad Ivanov, Agata Kulesza, Robert Wieckiewicz, Piotr Glowacki, and Zbigniew Zamachowski. SYNOPSIS: A murder investigation of a slain businessman turns to clues found in an author’s book about an eerily similar crime. Based on the 2008 article “True Crimes […]
Movie Review – Graduation (2016)
Graduation, 2016. Written and Directed by Cristian Mungio. Starring Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Rares Andrici, Lia Bugnar, Malina Manovici, and Vlad Ivanov. SYNOPSIS: A film about compromises and the implications of the parent’s role. Immediately jumping out at the viewer is the fact that Graduation (from Romanian writer and director Cristian Mungio, who has also […]
