All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 17
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‘The Perfect Candidate’: Venice Review
Director Haifaa Al Mansour returns to her native Saudia Arabia for this story about an aspiring female politician
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‘If Only’: Locarno Review
Locarno opens with a debut starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Alba Rohrwacher
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'Parasite': Cannes Review
A twist-laden black comedy in ‘home invasion’ mode from Bong Joon Ho
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'Chicuarotes': Cannes Review
Gael Garcia Bernal directs this tale of two working-class chancers in Mexico City
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'Frankie': Cannes Review
Ira Sachs’ European venture teeters perilously on the verge of de luxe tourism
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'You Deserve a Lover': Cannes Review
Hafsia Herzi goes in front of and behind the camera in a brisk, energetic low-budget tale of a Parisienne’s romantic trials and tribulations
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'Joan Of Arc': Cannes Review
Bruno Dumont returns to finish his story of the maid of Orléans
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'Heroes Don’t Die': Cannes Reviews
Adele Haenel stars in this meta-fiction/documentary hybrid set between Paris and Bosnia
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'Zombi Child': Cannes Review
Bertrand Bonello’s latest is ’contemporary French cinema at its most conceptually ambitious’
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'The Climb': Cannes Review
Michael Angelo Covino makes his directorial debut with this sour bromance between two lifelong friends
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'Beanpole': Cannes Review
Post-war Leningrad is the setting for this unsettling tale of two women by the director of ‘Closeness’
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'For Sama': Cannes Review
Compelling documentary shot under al-Assad’s bombing of Aleppo is also heading to Cannes
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'Les Misérables': Cannes Review
Competition hots up with an explosive debut feature set in one of Paris’s riotous banlieues
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'What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael': Berlin Review
Documentary about the career and influence of seminal film critic Pauline Kael
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'O Beautiful Night': Berlin Review
After meeting Death, a young German man embarks on a bizarre after-dark adventure
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'Marighella': Berlin Review
A kinetic call to arms from Brazilian first-time director Wagner Moura, with Seu Jorge in the lead
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'So Long, My Son': Berlin Review
Wang Xiaoshuai’s ambitious work lights up the Berlinale Competition