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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.
Original Title: Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc
(NR, 106 min.)

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Friday, January 21, 2022

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6:15 PM 9:00 PM

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5:30 PM

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

7:15 PM

Thursday, January 27, 2022

6:45 PM

Romania’s Oscar® entry for Best International Feature Film
Golden Bear winner at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival


Emi (Katia Pascariu), a high school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape she filmed with her husband is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal at an emergency community meeting, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure. Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival, this Romanian pandemic-era satire widens its focus from the bustling streets of Bucharest, where Emi navigates countless slice-of-life mini-dramas and judging eyes, to a jarring essay-like montage recounting Romania's complicated history. Director Radu Jude (AFERIM!) delivers an incendiary mix of unconventional form, irreverent humor, and scathing commentary on hypocrisy and prejudice in our societies. [Magnolia Pictures]

Starring: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Malai
Director: Radu Jude
Language: Romanian
Genre: Comedy

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"[A] brash, bruising comedy."

— Dave White, TheWrap

"It’s a perfect mirror of our times."

— Pat Padua, Washington Post

"One of the more audacious films of 2021."

— Ian Freer, Empire Magazine

"Fantastic, sharp, funny, and pointedly salient to a number of different issues."

— Tim Cogshell, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

"One of European cinema's most unclassifiable auteurs has delivered the bitter pill we deserve."

— Eric Kohn, indieWire

"Director Radu Jude’s work is an almost profound act of high-wire lampoonery that deserves to be seen and debated far and wide."

— Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

"Amid so many earnest, forgettable COVID-era and COVID-acknowledging movies around the world, here’s one that truly goes for it."

— Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

"A damning mini-essay about Romania's cultural and political history, it playfully unpacks the conservative attitudes expressed by Emi's critics."

— Simran Hans, Observer (UK)

"A fascinating snapshot of the here and now, an unusually direct example of a nimble, adventurous filmmaker embracing the difficulties of the moment. But it is also something more."

— Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

"Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is hyperbolic, surreal, and, yes, obscene. Its over-the-top ending meets the moment at its own fever pitch—it’s a true masks-off moment, in more than one sense."

— Mark Asch, The Playlist

"A cutting critique of the moral panic surrounding sex that asks why more pressing political issues don't receive the same attention, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn shares a strong point of view capable of captivating viewers."

— Becca James, Chicago Reader

"Shooting in the summer of 2020, Jude and his team were clearly constrained by the realities of Covid-19, but they also succeeded in turning a bad situation to creative advantage, facing the awfulness and absurdity of the present with wit, indignation and a saving touch of tenderness."

— A.O. Scott, The New York Times

"For those who wish to unravel the power dynamics inherent to sex, society and sensual pleasure while experimenting with what we as individuals are comfortable engaging with, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is a masterpiece that stimulates emotionally and philosophically."

— Natalia Keogan, Paste Magazine