The Romanian 'New Wave'

I’m always skeptical of any film movement called a “new wave.” I think many people with taste in film similar to mine associate the phrase “new wave” with certain french filmmakers precisely because they opened a new way of looking at and thinking about film. After all, it has been said that there are only two chapters in cinema: before Breathless and after Breathless.

Earlier this year, one of Monocle’s blogs ran an article called “2010: Crunch time for Romania’s ‘New Wave’” (See it here at:...