Jonathan Romney

Reviews
‘Passages’: Sundance Review
2023-01-23T20:30:00
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Franz Rogowski and Ben Whishaw make Ira Sachs’ latest a ‘sexy proposition in every respect’
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‘Girl’: Sundance Review
2023-01-23T02:30:00
Adura Onashile’s debut is set in Glasgow where a migrant and her daughter try to make their home
Features
Films of the year 2022: Jonathan Romney
2022-12-21T06:12:00
A longtime contributor to Screen, Jonathan Romney also writes for Film Comment, Sight & Sound and The Observer, and teaches at the UK’s National Film and Television School.
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‘Darkling’: Review
2022-12-08T00:01:00
A Serbian family struggle to survive in 1990s Kosovo in Serbia’s Oscar contender
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‘No End’: Busan Review
2022-10-08T08:25:00
Jafar Panahi collaborator Nader Saeivar’s second feature explores the manipulative nature of Iran’s police state
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‘Walk Up’: San Sebastian Review
2022-09-22T13:59:00
A middle-aged film director attempts to find a place to truly belong in the latest work from Hong Sang-soo
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‘Great Yarmouth - Provisional Figures’: San Sebastian Review
2022-09-21T11:31:00
Portuguese director Marco Martins presents a damning look at immigrant life in modern Britain
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‘A Hundred Flowers’: San Sebastian Review
2022-09-20T19:08:00
Genki Kawamura makes his debut with an adaptation of his own novel about dementia
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‘Winter Boy’: San Sebastian Review
2022-09-20T08:32:00
Christophe Honoré’s personal coming-of-age story is a showcase for a tremendous debut from young actor Paul Kircher
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‘Il Boemo’: San Sebastian Review
2022-09-20T08:22:00
The Czech Republic bids for Oscar glory with Petr Vaclav’s sumptuous period drama/musical
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‘Runner’: San Sebastian Review
2022-09-17T20:55:00
The bleak midwest forms the setting for Marian Mathias’s ’oppressively lugubrious’ debut
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‘The Substitute’: San Sebastian Review
2022-09-17T14:23:00
A supply teacher struggles to stay on top of his classrom in a tough Buenos Aires barrio in Diego Lerman’s drama
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‘When The Waves Are Gone’: Venice Review
2022-09-12T09:12:00
Filipino director Lav Diaz takes direct aim at the Duterte regime with this tale of crime and corruption
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‘The Hanging Sun’: Venice Review
2022-09-10T19:00:00
UK/Italian Jo Nesbo adaptation from Sky closes out the 79th Venice Film Festival with a thud
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‘Clare’: Venice Review
2022-09-09T17:22:00
The life and times of the founder of the Poor Clares, as written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli
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‘No Bears’: Venice Review
2022-09-09T14:45:00
Imprisoned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi delivers a powerful statement of tenacity and defiance
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‘Call Of God’: Venice Review
2022-09-09T10:51:00
Kim Ki-Duk’s posthumous final film fails to leave a lasting impression
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‘Dry’: Venice Review
2022-09-08T20:15:00
Paolo Virzi’s sprawling, inter-connected drama places a parched Rome in the middle of a three-year drought
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‘Beyond The Wall’: Venice Review
2022-09-08T14:15:00
Iranian writer-director Vahid Jalilvand delivers a howl of political fury
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‘Freedom On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom’: Venice Review
2022-09-07T12:15:00
Evgeny Afineevsky assembles urgent, immediate footage from the Ukraine front