All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 18
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Reviews‘The 8th’: Galway Review
Triumphant doc shows how Irish abortion campaign proved the power of the people
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Reviews‘The Death of Cinema and My Father Too’: Cannes 2020 Label Review
Self-reflexive debut from Israel boasts an ambitiously labyrinthine structure
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Reviews‘Influence’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A portrait of the late PR mogul turned spin doctor and international ‘reputation manager’ Lord Tim Bell
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Reviews‘Universe’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
Jazz doc tells the story of a missing jazz opus written for Miles Davis and eventually played by his mentee, Wallace Roney
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Reviews‘Film About A Father Who’: Sheffield Doc/Fest Review
A chapter in a continuing stream of work by an experimental, highly personal film-maker
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Reviews‘The Marriage Project’: Thessaloniki Review
A bold social experiment inside a mental institution has mixed results in this slim documentary from Iran
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Reviews‘The Metamorphosis Of Birds’: Thessaloniki Review
A bold, inventive family saga told through a poetic documentary essay
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Reviews‘The Pageant’: Visions du Réel Review
Behind the scenes of the annual ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ competition in Haifa, Israel
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Reviews‘El Father Plays Himself’: Visions du Réel Review
Documentary tracks the Amazon shoot of ‘La Forteleza’, bringing to mind Kinski and Herzog’s adventures of yore
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Reviews‘Non Western’: Visions du Réel Review
A fascinating and unexpected clash of cultures besets a complicated Lakota marriage
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Reviews‘Bitter Love’: CPH:DOX Review
Jerzy Sladowski hops on a Russian riverboat cruise and ends up with a hugely-engaging documentary
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Reviews‘IWOW: I Walk on Water’: CPH:DOX Review
Khalik’s Allah delivers an imposing work of absolute individuality
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Reviews‘The Trouble With Being Born’: Berlin Review
Perplexing, confrontational AI-themed feature from Austria poses some troubling questions
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Reviews‘Night Shift’ (‘Police’): Berlin Review
Anne Fontaine’s drama boasts weighty performances from Omar Sy, Virginie Efira and Gregory Gadebois
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Reviews‘Irradiated’: Berlin Review
Rithy Panh experiments with the documentary form to present a stark exploration of the horrors of modern war
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Reviews‘DAU: Natasha’: Berlin Review
Russian experiment which can be an uncompromisingly confrontational watch
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Reviews‘A Common Crime’: Berlin Review
Argentine drama stars Elisa Carricajo as a woman whose mind shatters under the weight of collective guilt
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