All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 11
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Reviews‘Mars One’: Sundance Review
Vivid, Black working-class drama from Brazil has niche breakout appeal
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Reviews‘Tantura’: Sundance Review
Israeli documentary investigates controversial events at the Arab village of Tantura from 1948
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FeaturesFilms of the year 2021: Jonathan Romney
A longtime contributor to Screen, 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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Reviews‘Mr Landsbergis’: IDFA Review
Sergei Loznitsa compiles an exhaustive account of the struggle for Lithuania’s independence from the USSR
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Reviews‘Pilgrims’: Thessaloniki Review
Laurynas Bareisa’s spare drama explores a mysterious, traumatic crime full of violence and despair
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Reviews‘The Four Walls’: Tokyo Review
Bahman Ghobadi delivers an eccentric mixture of tragedy and farce in this tale of a musician who longs to see the sea
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Reviews‘Payback’: Tokyo Review
Brillante Ma Mendoza explores political corruption in this hip-hop-fuelled crime drama
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Reviews‘You Are Ceausescu To Me’: Doclisboa Review
A group of young people gather to play the infamous Romanian dictator in Sebastian Mihailescu’s experimental documentary
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Reviews‘No Time To Die’: Review
Daniel Craig exits shaken and stirred: now audiences will have their say
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Reviews‘Carajita’: San Sebastian Review
Concise and compelling film from ‘Tigre’ duo wins a special mention at San Sebastian New Directors
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Reviews‘Who’s Stopping Us’: San Sebastian Review
Jonás Trueba’s sprawling documentary takes in five years in the lives of Spanish high-school students
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Reviews‘Aloners’: San Sebastian Review
South Korean writer-director Hong Sung-eun shines a knowing light on modern urban solitude
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Reviews‘Blue Moon’: San Sebastian Review
Romanain filmmaker Alina Grigore makes a memorable debut with this sprawling dysfunctional family drama
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Reviews‘I Want To Talk About Duras’: San Sebastian Review
Claire Simon’s exploration of the relationship between Yann Andréa and Marguerite Duras is a remarkable two-hander
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Reviews‘Arthur Rambo’: San Sebastian Review
Laurent Cantet follows the sharp rise and sudden fall of a young French writer in the social media age
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Reviews‘The Accusation’: Venice Review
A talking-point film by Ivan Attal, starring his son Ben as a student accused of rape
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Reviews‘Leave No Traces’: Venice Review
Polish filmmaker Jan P Matuszyński explores a notorious chapter in the country’s Communist history
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Reviews‘Captain Volkonogov Escaped’: Venice Review
An executionor seeks redemption in this unusual, often hallucinatory tale set in Stalin’s Russia
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Reviews‘Reflection’: Venice Review
A singularly brutal film from the uncompromising and brilliant Valentyn Vasyanovych