The pic has no dramatic thrust, and a highly charged yet unenthusiastic home reception is the most that can be expected from theatrical. Journalist Grigore Cartianu adapted his own investigative books ...

Thirty years ago, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed by firing squad after a hasty one-hour show trial. The pair had fled from power in a helicopter after a popular ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Communist leaders of Eastern Europe were falling like dominoes. And on Christmas Day in 1989, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed by ...

To evoke culture shock, it would be hard to find a pithier image than a vampiric Elena Ceausescu singing the John Denver hit "Take Me Home, Country Roads." In Romanian. Absurdism earns its keep in ...

Nicolae Ceausescu ruled with an iron fist for 25 years until he was overthrown and executed on Christmas Day in 1989. A quarter-century after his... 25 Years After Death, A Dictator Still Casts A ...