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All articles by Jonathan Romney
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Reviews‘A House of Dynamite’ review: Idris Elba heads Kathryn Bigelow’s ambitious nuclear age thriller
Elba leads a superb cast including Rebecca Ferguson and Jared Harris in the director’s Venice competition title
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Reviews‘Made In EU’ review: Stephan Komandarev follows ‘Blaga’s Lessons’ with sharp Bulgarian Covid drama
Gergana Pletnyova stars as a seamstress who becomes the scapegoat for a Covid-19 outbreak
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Reviews‘The Wizard Of The Kremlin’ review: Jude Law impresses as Vladimir Putin in Oliver Assayas drama
Dense Venice competition title also stars Paul Dano as Putin’s chief strategist
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Reviews‘Landmarks’ review: Lucrecia Martel critiques Argentina’s treatment of its Indigenous communities
The writer/director’s debut documentary focuses on a real-life murder trial
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Reviews‘The Holy Boy’ review: Paolo Strippoli’s third feature is a warped coming-of-age tale
Italian horror from the director of ’Flowing’ premieres out of competition in Venice
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Reviews‘Milk Teeth’ review: A young girl searches for her missing sister in 1980s Romania
Mihai Mincan’s beguiling sophomore feature premieres in Venice Horizons
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Reviews‘Strange River’ review: A teenage boy encounters hidden desires on a trip along the Danube
Catalan director Jaume Claret Muxart’s compelling coming-of-age drama plays Venice Horizons
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Reviews‘Orphan’ review: László Nemes sets his striking coming-of-age drama in 1950s Budapest
Accomplished Venice competition title follows a teenage boy struggling to navigate a changing world