All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 2
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Reviews‘The Blue Trail’ review: Gabriel Mascaro drama fights ageism in a future Brazil
Berlin Competition premiere looks set for a long healthy life
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Reviews‘Köln 75’ review: Lively re-staging of a 1975 jazz show is a showcase for actor Mala Emde
Diretor Ido Fluk’s gives Keith Jarrett’s legendary gig a rebellious rock energy
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Reviews‘Dreams’ review: Jessica Chastain powers Michel Franco’s dance-based drama
Mexican dancer Isaác Hernandez co-stars
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Reviews‘Where The Night Stands Still’ review: Modest Filipino domestic helper drama is set in rural Italy
Tagalog-language black-and-white film bows in Berlin’s Perspectives
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Reviews‘The Light’ review: Tom Tykwer’s Berlin opener is a murky meld of fantasy and drama
Lars Eidinger heads an accomplished cast in the director’s return to German-language cinema
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Reviews‘Peter Hujar’s Day’: Sundance Review
Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall play out a day in 1974 Manhattan for director Ira Sachs
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Reviews‘Sukkwan Island’: Sundance Review
Swann Arlaud and Woody Norman battle the elements in this beautiful if implausible Norwegian survival thriller
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FeaturesFilms of the year 2024: Jonathan Romney
Jonathan Romney is longtime contributor to Screen, who 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‘From Ground Zero’: Review
Oscar-shortlisted documentary presents 22 sobering shorts on everyday life in wartorn Gaza
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Reviews‘Napoli-New York’: Red Sea Review
Benign post-war drama from Gabriele Salvatores is based on an early Fellini treatment
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Reviews‘The Fourth Wall’: Marrakech Review
Laurent Lafitte stars in this period literary drama set against the backdrop of the Lebanon conflict
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Reviews‘Silent Storms’: Marrakech Review
Mysterious sandstorms blow through this atmospheric Algeria-set sci-fi drama
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Features‘Emilia Pérez’ director Jacques Audiard talks musical numbers, feeling “cramped” by French cinephilia
Jacques Audiard gets ever more adventurous with Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez. Screen talks to the French filmmaker about his transgender Mexican odyssey.
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Reviews‘Paddington In Peru’: Review
The marmalade-loving bear goes back to his Peruvian roots in this fun, if more formulaic, adventure sequel
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Reviews‘Regretfully At Dawn’: Busan Review
An elderly Thai ex-soldier helps his granddaughter towards a brighter future in Sivaroj Kongsakul’s contemplative drama
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Reviews‘Serpent’s Path’: Busan Review
Kiyoshi Kurosawa updates his 1998 crime thriller and moves the action from Tokyo to France
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Reviews‘Of Dogs And Men’: Hamburg Review
Dani Rosenberg’s docufiction captures the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
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Reviews‘The Last Breath’: San Sebastian Review
Costa-Gravas deals with death in this wordy philosophical drama
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Reviews‘The Wailing’: San Sebastian Review
A mysterious entity stalks three young women in this effective Spanish-language horror debut
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Reviews‘The Man Who Loved UFOs’: San Sebastian Review
Diego Lerman’s based-on-real-life dramedy stars Leonardo Sbaraglia as a TV reporter gone rogue