All articles by Jonathan Romney – Page 35

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Dogging: A Love Story

2009-01-28T07:00:00Z

Dir: Simon Ellis. UK. 2009. 103 mins

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The Strength Of Water

2009-01-27T17:37:00Z

Dir: Armagan Ballantyne. New Zealand-Germany. 2009. 86mins.

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The Hungry Ghosts

2009-01-27T16:59:00Z

Dir/scr: Michael Imperioli. US. 2009. 105mins.

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Palermo Shooting

2008-05-24T12:49:00Z

Dir: Wim Wenders. Germany-Italy-France. 2008. 124 mins.Wim Wenders muses on love, death and his perennial bugbear, the ‘Crisis of the Image’ in The Palermo Shooting, a metaphysical thriller cum philosophical essay that marks another step on the downwards slope for this once-vital film-maker. Unwisely cast, leadenly ...

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Tulpan

2008-05-23T15:12:00Z

Dir: Sergei Dvortsevoi. Germany-Switzerland-Kazakhstan-Russia-Poland. 2008. 100 mins.

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Johnny Mad Dog

2008-05-21T12:06:00Z

Dir: Jean-Stephane Sauvaire. France/Liberia/Belgium. 2008. 93mins.

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Involuntary (De Ofrivilliga)

2008-05-20T17:30:00Z

Dir: Ruben Östlund. Sweden. 2008. 98mins.

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Maradona By Kusturica

2008-05-20T17:14:00Z

Dir: Emir Kusturica. France-Spain. 95mins.

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Liverpool

2008-05-20T13:03:00Z

Dir: Lisandro Alonso. Argentina-Netherlands-France. 84mins

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Sanguepazzo

2008-05-20T12:05:00Z

Dir: Marco Tullio Giordana. Italy-France. 2008. 148mins .A grandly-mounted but turgid prestige piece, Wild Blood attempts to give tragic heft to the lives of two of Italian cinema’s more disreputable figures. Writer-director Marco Tullio Giordana won considerable kudos in 2003 with The Best Of Youth, but ...

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Tony Manero

2008-05-19T11:49:00Z

Dir: Pablo Larrain. Chile-Brazil. 2008. 98mins .

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Voyage To The Pyranees (Le Voyage aux Pyrenees)

2008-05-18T17:04:00Z

Dir/scr. Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu.France. 2008. 102 mins.A marital farce about misunderstandings, the great blue yonder and (apparently supernatural) gender-swapping, Journey To The Pyrenees is brisk, witty and often daft. This love letter to the film-makers’ native region is a gift for its two leads, Sabine Azema and Jean-Pierre Darroussin, ...

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Soi Cowboy

2008-05-17T14:02:00Z

Dir/scr Thomas Clay. Thailand/UK. 2008. 117 mins.

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Linha De Passe

2008-05-16T12:03:00Z

Dir: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas. Brazil-France. 2008. 108 mins.

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Three Monkeys (Uc Maymun)

2008-05-16T07:15:00Z

Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Turkey-France-Italy. 2008. 109 mins.

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The Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)

2008-02-18T00:00:00Z

Dir: Jose Padilha. 2007, Brazil, Argentina. 118 mins.

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I've Loved You So Long... (Il Ya Longtemps Que Je T'aime...)

2008-02-15T00:01:00Z

Dir: Philippe Claudel. France/Germany. 2008. 110 mins.

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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

2008-02-14T14:08:00Z

Dir: Matt Wolf. US. 2008. 70mins.A long-neglected cult musician gets his well-deserved moment in the limelight in Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, a moving, celebratory documentary that will turn many viewers on to its subject's strange, compelling sounds. Expect neither myth-making nor music-biz scandal from this level-headed, informative ...

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Filth and Wisdom

2008-02-13T21:56:00Z

Dir: Madonna. UK. 2008. 81 minsContrary to billing, there's not much filth and precious little wisdom in Madonna's directing debut. Even so, you have to applaud her for daring to get behind a camera, given that her career in front of it has been strewn with clunkers. While Filth And ...

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Full Battle Rattle

2008-02-13T14:16:00Z

Dir: Tony Gerber, Jesse Ross. US. 2008. 92 minsAmerican tanks roll under the desert sun, the minaret of a mosque stands out on the horizon, a wounded soldier spurts blood... a scene from the Iraq war, surely' Not quite - the tanks are real, but the mosque isn't, and ...