Jonathan Romney
Reviews‘The Marriage Project’: Thessaloniki Review
A bold social experiment inside a mental institution has mixed results in this slim documentary from Iran
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‘The Metamorphosis Of Birds’: Thessaloniki Review
A bold, inventive family saga told through a poetic documentary essay
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‘Ema’: Review
Pablo Larrain returns with this tale of a woman who will go to fiery lengths to be reunited with her adoptive son
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‘The Pageant’: Visions du Réel Review
Behind the scenes of the annual ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ competition in Haifa, Israel
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‘El Father Plays Himself’: Visions du Réel Review
Documentary tracks the Amazon shoot of ‘La Forteleza’, bringing to mind Kinski and Herzog’s adventures of yore
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‘Non Western’: Visions du Réel Review
A fascinating and unexpected clash of cultures besets a complicated Lakota marriage
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‘Bitter Love’: CPH:DOX Review
Jerzy Sladowski hops on a Russian riverboat cruise and ends up with a hugely-engaging documentary
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‘IWOW: I Walk on Water’: CPH:DOX Review
Khalik’s Allah delivers an imposing work of absolute individuality
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‘The Trouble With Being Born’: Berlin Review
Perplexing, confrontational AI-themed feature from Austria poses some troubling questions
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‘Night Shift’ (‘Police’): Berlin Review
Anne Fontaine’s drama boasts weighty performances from Omar Sy, Virginie Efira and Gregory Gadebois
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‘Irradiated’: Berlin Review
Rithy Panh experiments with the documentary form to present a stark exploration of the horrors of modern war
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‘DAU: Natasha’: Berlin Review
Russian experiment which can be an uncompromisingly confrontational watch
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‘A Common Crime’: Berlin Review
Argentine drama stars Elisa Carricajo as a woman whose mind shatters under the weight of collective guilt
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‘Shirley’: Berlin Review
Elisabeth Moss puts in a braruva performance as troubled real-life writer Shirley Jackson
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‘All The Dead Ones’: Berlin Review
As slavery is abolished in Brazil, three women struggle to adapt to life without a housemaid
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‘Gunda’: Berlin Review
Although a documentary, Viktor Kossakovsky’s extraordinary film is every bit as resonant as Bresson’s ’Balthazar’ or Bela Tarr’s ’Turin Horse’
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‘The Salt Of Tears’: Berlin Review
Philippe Garell’s intimate drama fields a revelatory performance from Oulaya Amamra
