All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 8
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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
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Reviews‘Republic Of Silence’: Venice Review
A vivid, emotionally-charged insider view of conflict and displacement from Syria’s Diana El Jeiroudi
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Reviews‘La Caja’: Venice Review
Lorenzo Vigas sets his quietly powerful drama in Mexico’s northern state of Chihuahua
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Reviews‘Lost Illusions’: Venice Review
Xavier Giannoli directs an opulent take on Balzac’s sprawling opus
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Reviews‘Official Competition’: Venice Review
Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz unite with Oscar Martinez for this bitingly funny film world send-up
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Reviews‘Spencer’: Venice Review
Kristen Stewart brings her own magnetism to the role of Princess Diana during a lonely Christmas at Sandringham in Pablo Larrain’s ’fable from a true tragedy’
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Reviews‘The Hand Of God’: Venice Review
Paolo Sorrentino delivers a highly personal memoir that truly breathes on the big screen
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Reviews‘The Power Of The Dog’: Venice Review
A powerful turn from Benedict Cumberbatch anchors Jane Campion’s prairie-set period drama
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Reviews‘Vortex’: Cannes Review
Gaspar Noé’s last taboo is old age and dementia and an utterly sobering experience
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Reviews‘The Tsugua Diaries’: Cannes Review
Miguel Gomes and Maureen Fazendeiro deliver .the oddest, most playful product of lockdown cinema.
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Reviews‘France’: Cannes Review
A surprising swerve from formerly austere auteur Bruno Dumont showcases Lea Seydoux as the title character