Jonathan Romney
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Conflict zone: on Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech
The director’s connection of The Zone of Interest to the war in Gaza has aroused controversy in Hollywood and beyond, and sparked debate around the right of Jews, in Israel and outside, to criticise that nation.
By Jonathan Romney
Conflict zone: on Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech
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The New Boy: realism is undercut by magic in Warwick Thornton’s Outback fable
By Jonathan Romney
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Four Daughters: the facts and fictions of a Tunisian family’s history blur in this fascinating hybrid documentary
By Jonathan Romney
Festivals
Pepe: Pablo Escobar’s philosophical hippo takes viewers on a radically inventive journey
By Jonathan Romney
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Napoleon: Ridley Scott’s confident biopic confirms his own status as a cinematic general
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Paris Memories: an ambitious but flawed drama
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Oppenheimer: Nolan’s dazzling expressionistic flourishes bring this sombre chamber drama to life
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Pamfir: an otherworldly Ukrainian gangster movie
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From the Sight and Sound archive
The first slacker film noir: The Big Lebowski reviewed in 1998
By Jonathan Romney
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Le formiche di Mida: an eccentric essay in Marxist animism
By Jonathan Romney
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Thiiird: this portrait of an elderly Beirut mechanic is rich, strange and profound
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Luka: an airless, hermetic slice of black-and-white Europudding
By Jonathan Romney
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January: a Beckettian Bulgarian chamber piece
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The Fabelmans: Spielberg’s candid autofiction is disappointingly schematic
By Jonathan Romney
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The Kiev Trial: another chilling war-crimes documentary from Sergei Loznitsa
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What to watch at LFF
Nezouh: a dreamy picture of life under siege
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What to watch at LFF
What to watch at LFF: French cinema’s new generation
By Jonathan Romney
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Flux Gourmet: Peter Strickland’s latest slice of fanciful formalism
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Blonde: shock snapshots of a star’s martyrdom on the altar of showbiz patriarchy
By Jonathan Romney
Festivals
L’Immensità: a heartfelt but overly insistent drama
By Jonathan Romney
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The Forgiven: a caustic tale of Western decadence in Morocco
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Official Competition: a delectable, riotous farce
By Jonathan Romney
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A Chiara review: an expressionistic coming-of-age drama
By Jonathan Romney
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The Afterlight: a film of immortals en route to oblivion
By Jonathan Romney
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The Velvet Queen takes viewers on a quasi-mystical, indulgent search for a snow leopard
By Jonathan Romney
Interviews
“She just set the screen alight”: Laura Wandel on Playground and its child star
By Jonathan Romney
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The Ipcress File series digs deep into the backstory of Harry Palmer
By Jonathan Romney