Tag: Romanian

  • ‘Infinite Football’ (2018) is long and nothing happens

    ‘Infinite Football’ (2018) is long and nothing happens

    Infinite Football (original title Fotbal Infinit) is still running the festival circuit and has been favorably described by some very big reviewers, who spout flowery and philosophical essays with sentences too complex to understand. When so little happens in the film, you end up filling the unused space in your mind with meditations on what Director Corneliu…

  • Romanian corruption in ‘Craiova versus Craiova’ (2016)

    Romanian corruption in ‘Craiova versus Craiova’ (2016)

    What is the most extraordinary aspect of the documentary Craiova versus Craiova? It’s not that 2 teams claimed to be the same club and then played each other in the Romanian Second Division. What’s amazing is that this excellent film was created by a student as his senior journalism project at a Brazilian university. Director…