The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Articles

The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), composed of 58 U.S. critics mostly based in New York City and Los Angeles, has chosen Guillermo del Toro's Spanish-language dark fantasy Pan's Labyrinth as the best film of 2006. Set in 1940s Spain, Pan's Labyrinth tells the story of a girl (Ivana Baquero) who finds herself living in two worlds: One of Fascist horror above ground, one [...]

The most interesting winner at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards was best supporting actress Luminita Gheorghiu (above, with Ion Fiscuteanu), who plays a nurse assisting a sick old man in Cristi Puiu's acclaimed Romanian comedy-drama The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. Not only was Gheorghiu's win a major surprise — U.S. film critics only sporadically opt for performers acting in non-English-language productions — [...]