Butterfingers!

Apparently, dropping a gas bottle is to blame for a restaurant to explode. Say what? A criminal investigation was opened Saturday into a gas explosion in the center of Chisinau, in which 20 were injured, head of a district office of the Police Inspectorate of Chisinau Pavel Damaschin said. The gas explosion shook a restaurant in the Moldovan capital earlier on Saturday. Four of the … Continue reading Butterfingers!

NYT reviews ‘The Treasure’

Wow, another dark and depressing film about Romania’s past? Gee, what a shocker! “The Treasure” is [Costi’s] fourth feature — take place in the thoroughly disenchanted world of post-Communist Romania, and the attention he pays to that world is measured and meticulous. He favors extended takes, medium- to long-range shots and minimal camera movements. Rather than forcing anything to happen, he is content to wait … Continue reading NYT reviews ‘The Treasure’