IndieWire [Unofficial]5d ago

‘The Diary of a Chambermaid’ Review: Radu Jude Delivers a Surprisingly Touching Meta-Adaptation

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-diary-of-a-chambermaid-review-2026-radu-jude-1235194414/

IndieWire5d ago

‘The Diary of a Chambermaid’ Review: Radu Jude Delivers a Surprisingly Touching Meta-Adaptation
#IndieWire #Criticism #Movies #Cannes #Festivals #Film #RaduJude #Reviews #TheDiaryofaChambermaid

https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-diary-of-a-chambermaid-review-2026-radu-jude-1235194414/

'The Diary of a Chambermaid' Review 2026: Radu Jude's Meta-Adaptation

Cannes: The Romanian satirist’s latest loosely adapts Octave Mirbeau’s novel into a sharp-witted mother-daughter epistolary.

IndieWire
The Hollywood Reporter6d ago

‘Diary of a Chambermaid’ Review: Radu Jude’s Caustic and Melancholic Modern-Day Take on a French Classic
#MovieReviews #Movies #Cannes #Cannes2026 #CannesFilmFestival #CannesReviews #RaduJude

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/diary-of-a-chambermaid-review-radu-jude-1236596024/

‘Diary of a Chambermaid’ Review: Radu Jude’s Caustic and Melancholic Modern-Day Take on a French Classic        

The productive Romanian auteur returns to Cannes with his first French-language feature, adapting the famous turn-of-the-19th-century book by Octave Mirbeau.

The Hollywood Reporter
Variety [Unofficial]May 14

Italy’s I Wonder Pictures Ramps Up Production With New Works by Radu Jude and Gábor Reisz (EXCLUSIVE)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/italy-i-wonder-production-radu-jude-gabor-reisz-1236744725/

VarietyMay 14

Italy’s I Wonder Pictures Ramps Up Production With New Works by Radu Jude and Gábor Reisz (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Festivals #Global #News #CannesFilmFestival #IWonderPictures #RaduJude

https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/italy-i-wonder-production-radu-jude-gabor-reisz-1236744725/

Italy's I Wonder Pictures boards new works by Radu Jude, Gábor Reisz

Italy's I Wonder Pictures is ramping up production by boarding new projects by Radu Jude, Gábor Reisz, and Teemu Nikki.

Variety
דער קערפער פֿון השםMar 25

"He had wild hair and wore jeans. He was #American and #Jewish. He had a #camera.

That was enough to trigger #surveillance by the notorious #secretpolice of #communist #Romania, the #Securitate.

Now, 41 years after #photojournalist #EdwardSerotta boldly stepped behind the #IronCurtain, we can see just how obsessed the #Romanians were with him, thanks to a short #documentary by renowned #Romanian #director #RaduJude and #historian #AdrianCioflâncă.

“Plan contraplan/Shot Reverse Shot,” which had its world premiere at the #Berlinale international #film festival last month, gives equal time to #Serotta’s reminiscences about Romania in the 1980s, and to the Securitate’s observations of him."

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-891098

Decades after Romania’s secret police trailed a Jewish photographer, their files have become a film

“Plan contraplan/Shot Reverse Shot,” which premiered at the Berlinale international film festival, features photojournalist Edward Serotta’s reminiscences about Romania in the 1980s.

The Jerusalem Post
IndieWire [Unofficial]Mar 23

‘Kontinental ’25’ Review: A Transylvanian Bailiff Tries to Ease Her Guilty Conscience in Radu Jude’s Droll and Biting iPhone Comedy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/kontinental-25-movie-review-radu-jude-1235096944/

AllyDFeb 23

After reading the #NYRB "Shithole Cinema" article (paywalled) a couple of months ago, I was looking forward to #RaduJude's "Kontinental '25". It is now on #BFIPlayer and doesn't disappoint. The disturbing collision between self-regard and real events, and the multiple ways to seek to use others to assuage guilt. After viewing the film, David Ehrlich 's IndieWire review added more appreciation.
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/11/19/shithole-cinema-radu-jude-romania/

https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/kontinental-25-movie-review-radu-jude-1235096944/

Shithole Cinema

In Radu Jude’s Romania, people don’t have a good word to say about the country or its citizens; on the contrary, they curse the place with a vehemence as

The New York Review of Books
IndieWireJan 14

‘Kontinental ’25’ Trailer: Radu Jude’s Droll iPhone Comedy Side-Eyes a Transylvanian Bailiff Undone by Her Own Class Guilt
#IndieWire #News #Trailers #Film #Kontinental03925 #RaduJude

https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/kontinental-25-trailer-radu-jude-1235172877/

Kontinental '25 Trailer: Radu Jude's Moral Comedy Shot on an iPhone

Watch the trailer for Radu Jude's 'Kontinental '25,' about a Transylvanian bailiff trying to ease her guilty conscience.

IndieWire
Mind LudeOct 29, 2025
A director calls AI 'gross and slimy,' then uses it for a 3-hour Dracula flick where the count dabbles in porn and exploits tech workers. Irony, or just... meta? What's your take on AI's 'slimy' potential in creative works?
#AI #TechNews #Film #RaduJude #SoftwareDev
https://www.wired.com/story/the-director-of-a-raunchy-3-hour-dracula-movie-says-ai-is-gross-and-slimy-thats-why-he-used-it/
The Director of a Raunchy 3-Hour Dracula Movie Says AI Is Gross and Slimy. That’s Why He Used It

Radu Jude’s AI-filled adaptation features Dracula doing porn and exploiting tech workers.

WIRED