All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 16
-
Reviews‘Uppercase Print’: Berlin Review
In one of his two works at this year’s Forum, Romania’s Radu Jude looks back on a case of state oppression
-
Reviews‘Malmkrog’: Berlin Review
Berlin’s new section, Encounters, opens on a ’militantly cerebral’ note
-
Reviews‘How To Be A Good Wife’: Review
Goofy farce set in a 1967 finishing school is a vehicle for Juliette Binoche’s comic talents
-
FeaturesFilms of the year 2019: Jonathan Romney
A longtime contributor, Romney also writes for Film Comment, Sight & Sound and The Observer, and teaches at NFTS.
-
-
Reviews‘Saint Maud’: Toronto Review
A live-in nurse believes she is on a divine mission from God in this powerfully individual debut from Rose Glass
-
Reviews‘Waiting For The Barbarians’: Venice Review
Mark Rylance shines in this otherwise bloated adaptation of J.M.Coetzee’s novel
-
Reviews‘True History Of The Kelly Gang’: Toronto Review
Justin Kurzel returns to form with this gritty Australian gothic
-
Reviews‘State Funeral’: Venice Review
Sergei Loznitsa explores the national impact of Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953
-
Reviews‘Gloria Mundi’: Venice Review
An ex-convict travels to meet his newborn granddaughter and reconnect with his estranged family
-
Reviews‘Saturday Fiction’: Venice Review
A Chinese actress returns to 1940s Shanghai to star in a play by her former lover
-
Reviews‘Moffie’: Venice Review
A young South African man struggles to hide his homosexuality in 1980s military service
-
Reviews‘Collective’: Venice Review
Accomplished documentary about the 2015 Bucharest nightclub fire and subsequent healthcare scandal
-
Reviews‘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
-
Reviews‘The King’: Venice Review
Timothée Chalamet stars as King Henry V in David Michôd’s revisionist historical epic
-
Reviews‘Back Home’ (‘Revenir’): Venice Review
Niels Schneider, Adèle Exarchopoulos star in the second film from France’s Jessica Palud
-
Reviews‘No. 7 Cherry Lane’: Venice Review
Filmmaker Yonfan makes a foray into animation with a cinematic fantasy set in 1967 Hong Kong
-
Reviews‘My Days Of Glory’: Venice Review
A 20-something former child actor attempts to find meaning in his adult life
-
Reviews‘Ema’: Review
Pablo Larrain returns with this tale of a woman who will go to fiery lengths to be reunited with her adoptive son
-
Reviews‘Balloon’: Venice Review
A Tibetan family sheepherding family attempt to deal with a seismic event