All articles by Jonathan Romney
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Reviews‘Vertiginous’ review: Quentin Dupieux’s outre comedy tackles complex issues of identity through crude animation
The French auteur’s latest work closes Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
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Reviews‘Red Rocks’ review: Bruno Dumont assembles a charming young cast for his beguiling childhood fantasy
Dumon’s distinctive, accessible new feature bows in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
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Reviews‘The Unknown’ review: Léa Seydoux brings conviction to an ambitious but frustrating body-swap mystery
Niels Schneider also stars in Arthur Harari’s twisting Cannes Competition title
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Reviews‘Another Day’ review: Adèle Exarchopoulos is the beating heart of Jeanne Herry’s naturalistic study of alcoholism
The Cannes Competition title also stars Mathilde Roehrich and Brigitte Sy
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Reviews‘Rehearsals For A Revolution’ review: Four decades of Iranian history informs this timely, moving documentary
Pegah Ahangarani’s deeply personal film hits the sweet spot between intimate diary and political narrative
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Reviews‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ review: Steven Soderbergh’s poignant doc is undercut by egregious AI visuals
Uneven Cannes Special Screening is structured around Lennon and Yoko Ono’s final interview
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Reviews‘Atonement’ review: Involving, balanced US-Iraq war drama stars a magnetic Hiam Abbass
Boyd Holbrook and Kenneth Branagh also star in Reed Van Dyk’s Directors’ Fortnight debut
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Reviews‘Fatherland’ review: Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler command Pawel Pawlikowski’s finely-honed literary drama
Black-and-white Cannes Competition title follows Nobel-winning author Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika
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Reviews‘Forsaken’ review: Docudrama about 2020 murder of a French schoolteacher is uneasy retelling of a national trauma
Vincent Garenq’s exploration of the Samuel Paty murder combines careful reconstruction with more heavy-handed flourishes
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Reviews‘Butterfly Jam’ review: Barry Keoghan, Riley Keough and Harry Melling star in unconvincing Cannes Directors’ Fortnight opener
Kantemir Balagov follows ‘Closeness’ and ‘Beanpole’ with drama set in New Jersey’s Circassian community
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Reviews‘The Electric Kiss’ review: Pierre Salvadori’s 1920s Paris-set Cannes opener lacks genuine spark
Anaïs Demoustier and Gilles Lellouche star in retro romcom set against bohemian Paris
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Reviews‘Wolfram’ review: Warwick Thornton’s period Outback thriller is visually stunning, narratively flat
The acclaimed director’s Berlin Competition title is a sequel-of-sorts to 2017’s ’Sweet Country’
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Reviews‘Flies’ review: Fernando Eimbcke’s deadpan Mexico City comedy stars a commanding Teresita Sanchez
Eimbcke’s black-and-white follow-up to ‘Olmo’ premieres in Berlin Competition
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Reviews‘My Wife Cries’ review: A Berlin couple attempt to connect in Angela Schanelec’s typically inscrutable drama
The director’s Berlin Competition title should appeal to the filmmaker’s devotees
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Reviews‘Queen At Sea’ review: Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall stun in fearless dementia drama
Director Lance Hammer returns with expertly-judged Berlin Competition title
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Reviews‘Nina Roza’ review: A Bulgarian-Canadian art curator is drawn back to his roots in sombre drama
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ Berlin Competition title stars actor/director Galin Stoev
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Reviews‘The Blood Countess’ review: Isabelle Huppert sinks her teeth into Ulrike Ottinger’s lavish vampire spoof
Ottinger’s extravagant Berlin Special Gala is pitched for cult and crossover appeal
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Reviews‘We Are All Strangers’ review: Anthony Chen’s involving drama charts generational tensions in contemporary Singapore
Berlin Competition drama follows ‘Ilo Ilo’ and ‘Wet Season’ to close the filmmaker’s ‘Growing Up’ trilogy
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Reviews‘Chronicles From The Siege’ review: Arabic-language debut feature is intense tapestry of life, death and courage
Palestinian-Syrian director Abdallah Alkhabtib’s Berlin Perspectives title is fuelled by its performances
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Reviews‘Dao’ review: Alain Gomis returns with sprawling meditation on migration, ritual and memory
The director follows ’Félicité’ with an expansive docu-drama spanning France and Guinea-Bissau