All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 15
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‘Saturday Fiction’: Venice Review
A Chinese actress returns to 1940s Shanghai to star in a play by her former lover
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‘Moffie’: Venice Review
A young South African man struggles to hide his homosexuality in 1980s military service
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‘Collective’: Venice Review
Accomplished documentary about the 2015 Bucharest nightclub fire and subsequent healthcare scandal
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‘About Endlessness’: Venice Review
Swedish maestro Roy Andersson’s unique blend of pared-down mournful comedy continues with this series of 35-odd cinematic fragments
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‘The King’: Venice Review
Timothée Chalamet stars as King Henry V in David Michôd’s revisionist historical epic
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‘Back Home’ (‘Revenir’): Venice Review
Niels Schneider, Adèle Exarchopoulos star in the second film from France’s Jessica Palud
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‘No. 7 Cherry Lane’: Venice Review
Filmmaker Yonfan makes a foray into animation with a cinematic fantasy set in 1967 Hong Kong
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‘My Days Of Glory’: Venice Review
A 20-something former child actor attempts to find meaning in his adult life
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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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‘Balloon’: Venice Review
A Tibetan family sheepherding family attempt to deal with a seismic event
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‘The Perfect Candidate’: Venice Review
Director Haifaa Al Mansour returns to her native Saudia Arabia for this story about an aspiring female politician
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‘If Only’: Locarno Review
Locarno opens with a debut starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Alba Rohrwacher
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'Parasite': Cannes Review
A twist-laden black comedy in ‘home invasion’ mode from Bong Joon Ho
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'Chicuarotes': Cannes Review
Gael Garcia Bernal directs this tale of two working-class chancers in Mexico City
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'Frankie': Cannes Review
Ira Sachs’ European venture teeters perilously on the verge of de luxe tourism
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'You Deserve a Lover': Cannes Review
Hafsia Herzi goes in front of and behind the camera in a brisk, energetic low-budget tale of a Parisienne’s romantic trials and tribulations
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'Joan Of Arc': Cannes Review
Bruno Dumont returns to finish his story of the maid of Orléans