Kontinental ’25 Shows Radu Jude Has Nothing Left To Prove
“The id grows tedious,” art critic Jackson Arn wrote recently, “when left to speak too freely.” The Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude keeps his in check by grounding flourishes in pure mundanity. Near the end of Kontinental ’25, an ex-professor, Orsolya (Eszter Tompa), and her former student, Fred (Adonis Tanța), sit by
Romanian Auteur Radu Jude’s Latest Scorcher
The highly prolific Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude has, in the past year alone, directed two fictional features, co-directed a feature-length documentary, and released a one-hour experimental film made entirely of webcam footage shot at Andy Warhol’s grave. Unlike his more famous fellow countryman, the Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu, whose
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