Malmkrog: Three hours of total tedium in Transylvania
Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog, an existential drama set in a Romanian country manor, is exhausting and boring
REVIEWED THIS WEEK
Malmkrog
Directed by Cristi Puiu
VOD platforms, no cert
Rating: *
Tina
Directed by Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin
Sky Documentary, no cert
Rating: ****
Being honest, “Downton Abbey meets Dostoevsky” was the first note I scrawled while watching Malmkrog. In fact, that’s not just a glib line but an inaccurate one. It makes the Romanian writer and director Cristi Puiu’s new film sound like a fun period romp, not the endlessly ...
