‘Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World’ Review: A Wild Romanian Trip

‘Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World’ Review: A Wild Romanian Trip

Late in Radu Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World,” the movie shifts tones. Our heroine, a funny, foul-mouthed gofer who’s racking up miles driving in Bucharest, has just told her passenger about a road outside the city that has more memorials edging it than it has kilometers. The movie … Read more

How Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci finally escaped the Iron Curtain

How Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci finally escaped the Iron Curtain

On Dec. 1, 1989, Romania’s Nadia Comăneci, winner of five Olympic gold medals and the first gymnast in history to score a perfect 10, sat opposite an official in the US Embassy in Vienna, Austria, trying to claim asylum. “What do you want?” asked the official. “I want to go to America,” she replied. “When?” … Read more