All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 3
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Reviews‘Two Prosecutors’ review: Sergei Loznitsa returns to fiction with a rigorous Stalin-era fable
The Ukranian writer/director’s Kafka-esque film is based on a story by author and gulag prisoner Georgy Demidov
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Reviews‘Enzo’ review: Directors’ Fortnight opens with Laurent Cantet’s last film, directed by Robin Campillo
A ‘powerful valedictory’ from the late French auteur focuses on an adolescent working on a building side outside Mareseilles
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Reviews‘Holding Liat’ review: Israeli family suffers their own hostage crisis
Berlin doc winner confronts the aftermath of the Hamas attacks of October 7
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Reviews‘What Does That Nature Say To You’ review: Long chats and fast zooms with Hong Sangsoo
The 33rd feature from South Korea’s profilic auteur is a little unfocused
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Reviews‘Kontinental ’25’ review: Radu Jude returns after winning the Golden Bear
Berlin Competition title is a satirical state-of-the-world treatise
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Reviews‘After This Death’ review: Niche US-set mystery is an 'arch, implausible affair'
Argentianian filmmaker Lucio Castro’s second feature bows as a Berlinale Special
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Reviews‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ review: Dag Johan Haugerud concludes his trilogy at Berlin
Sensitive coming-of-age story is a wisful end to the Norwegian auteur’s work
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Reviews‘Mother’s Baby’ review: Postpartum stress under the lens in meticulous Berlin title
Marie Leuenberger gives a terrific performance in a drama that leans into horror
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Reviews‘The Message’ review: Low-key black-and-white pleasure from Argentina’s Iván Fund
Berlin Competition title is a road trip through the magic of childhood
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Reviews‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’ review: Fast and frenetic movie geek nostalgia
Brussels-based Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani premiere their fourth film in Berlin competition
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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