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		<title>A Conversation with Radu Jude (KONTINENTAL &#8217;25)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/raduj-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/raduj-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/raduj-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/raduj-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/raduj-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>Radu Jude was born in Bucharest in 1977. He studied film directing at the Media University in Bucharest and began his career making shorts, television programs, and music videos. His feature debut, The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), won several international [&#8230;]</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HtN_BestFilms2025_CoverPhoto-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HtN_BestFilms2025_CoverPhoto-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HtN_BestFilms2025_CoverPhoto-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HtN_BestFilms2025_CoverPhoto-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HtN_BestFilms2025_CoverPhoto-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HtN_BestFilms2025_CoverPhoto.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></div>
<p>There has been no shortage of artistically strong films in 2025, which is why the critics at Hammer to Nail offer up such a great variety of titles in their respective Top 10 lists of the year. Our choices run [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>A Conversation with Radu Jude (DRACULA)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Schenker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude has built a reputation for making films confronting history, technology, and national mythology. His latest film, Dracula, is perhaps his most audacious provocation yet: a 170-minute, 14-segment epic that weaponizes artificial intelligence, iPhone footage, and absurdity [&#8230;]</p>
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