Jonathan Romney
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A longtime contributor to Screen International, Jonathan Romney also writes forFilm Comment, Sight & Sound and The Observer.
FeaturesNina Hoss on her gender-switched role in ‘Hedda’: “It was the biggest revelation”
German actress Nina Hoss shines as a star academic in Hedda
Reviews‘El Sett’ review: Reverential, heavy-handed biopic of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum
Lavish production from ’The Yacoubian Building’ director Marwan Hamed premieres in Marrakech
Reviews‘Remake’ review: Ross McElwee’s extraordinary, profound documentary looks back at a life behind the camera
The latest film from the ‘Sherman’s March’ director plays Stockholm and IDFA following its Venice premiere
Reviews‘Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through The Eyes Of High School Students’ review: Claire Simon’s involving celebration of the French author
DOK Leipzig’s opening film explores how modern French teenagers respond to Ernaux’s body of work
Reviews‘Giant’ review: Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Masry spar in unpretentious boxing biopic
Rowan Athale’s film is executive produced by Sylvester Stallone and premieres in London
Reviews‘Hair, Paper, Water…’ review: Poetic documentary shines a light on Vietnam’s Indigenous Ruc people
Nicolas Graux and Truonh Minh Quy’s film follows a 60-year-old Ruc woman in Vietnam’s Quang Binh province
Reviews‘Moss & Freud’ review: Dramatisation of the 2002 collaboration between Lucian Freud and Kate Moss
Derek Jacobi and Ellie Bamber star as the artist and model in James Lucas’s lacklustre drama
Reviews‘Joan Of Arc’ review: Hlynur Pálmason’s lyrical ode to the Icelandic landscape
The director’s non-narrative companion to ’The Love That Remains’ again features his three children
Reviews‘Good Valley Stories’ review: José Luis Guerín documents life in Barcelona’s Vallbona district
The Spanish director’s latest work plays in San Sebastian Competition
Reviews‘Two Pianos’ review: Arnaud Desplechin drama features a virtuoso performance from Charlotte Rampling
François Civil and Nadia Tereszkiewicz also star in this tale of a concert pianist distracted by matters of the heart
Reviews‘Six Days In Spring’ review: A Côte d’Azur vacation proves revelatory in intimate Joachim Lafosse drama
Eye Haïdara impresses as the divorced woman at the heart of Joachim Lafosse’s San Sebastian Competition title
Reviews‘Sundays’ review: Astute family drama finds a Spanish teenager drawn to convent life
Newcomer Blanca Soroa shines in Alaúda Ruiz de Azúa’s’s sensitive San Sebastian Competition title
Reviews‘In-I In Motion’ review: Juliette Binoche’s directorial debut is account of her 2008 dance-drama
Binoche worked with British choreographer and dancer Akram Khan on performance In-I
Reviews‘Los Tigres’ review: Alberto Rodríguez’s aquatic thriller sees a sibling duo lured into crime
Antonio de la Torre and Bárbara Lennie star in the Spanish director’s tense San Sebastian Competition title
Reviews‘Without Permission’ review: An exiled filmmaker returns to Iran in Hassan Nazer’s bold docudrama
Real Iranian children discuss love and hope in the British-Iranian director’s Busan Competition feature
Reviews‘27 Nights’ review: Daniel Hendler’s colourful drama contemplates attitudes to ageing
The actor-director also stars alongside Marilú Marini’s carefree octogenarian in Netflix’s San Sebastián opener
Reviews‘Silent Friend’ review: Hungarian filmmaker Ildiko Enyedi’s paean to nature stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Contemplative Venice Competition title weaves three human stories across a German university campus
Reviews‘In The Hand Of Dante’ review: Oscar Isaac takes a dual role in Julian Schnabel’s offbeat biopic
Gerard Butler, Gal Gadot and Jason Momoa also star in Schnabel’s sprawling look at the Italian poet
Reviews‘Human Resource’ review: A pregnant worker navigates a hostile world in Thai drama
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Venice Horizons title features an enigmatic central performance from Prapamonton Eiamchan