Jonathan Romney
Jonathan Romney is a film critic for the Independent on Sunday, and a regular contributor to Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Screen International and more.
He is the author of Atom Egoyan (BFI) and Short Orders), and the editor of Celluloid Jukebox: Popular Music and the Movies Since the 1950s.
Follow him on Twitter @JonathanRomney
Online articles
Cannes Film Festival 2012
Festival> blog
Follow Nick James and our correspondents on the Croisette. Read the collated entries, or see the index of individual posts. Web exclusive, May 2012
Berlinale 2012 Festival blog
Nick James and S&S contributors report from the unknown quantity that is this year’s Berlin film festival. Web exclusive, February 2012
The films of 2011 Poll
In a strong year for arthouse cinema, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life emerged as the clear winner of the S&S poll of international critics’ best films of 2011, says Nick James. from S&S January 2012
Rio: cool potatoes – and torpor in the favela Postcard
Jonathan Romney on three mixed-bag local curios – and a wanton lack of thrills and spills at a new cinema built in a recently pacified favela. Web exclusive, October 2011
Venice Film Festival day five: Dark nights of the soul Festival blog
Jonathan Romney on Steve McQueen’s Shame, two striking portraits of female abjection from Russia and France, and Todd Solondz’s Dark Horse. Web exclusive, September 2011
Haunting houses: the Brothers Quay meet Alina Ibragimova Live cinema
Jonathan Romney sees the inscrutable filmmaking duo and violinist Ibragimova hold a candle to Wilton’s Music Hall>. Web exclusive, July 2011
Cannes Film Festival 2011
Festival blog
Follow Nick James and our correspondents on the Croisette. Web exclusive, May 2011
Berlinale: Strange energies from the east Festival postcard
Jonathan Rommey on three festival finds from Russia and Austria, including a sci-fi cult attraction extraordinaire and a portrait of Chernobyl awaiting meltdown. Web exclusive, February 2011
The films of 2010 Poll
The Social Network and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Remember His Past Lives head our round-up of the films and highlights of the year, as voted by 85 critics and curators. from S&S January 2011
The Festival Directors:
Locarno’s Olivier Père Video interview
The new director of the Locarno Film Festival tells us about the challenges ahead for cinema and cinephilia. Web exclusive, August 2010
The best film books June 2010
51 leading critics and writers nominate their top five films books. A clear-cut top five emerges – and film writing may have found its Citizen Kane. from S&S June 2010
Venice Film Festival, part two Postcard
Jonathan Romney picks his hits of the festival. Web exclusive, September 2009
Venice Film Festival, part one Postcard
Jonathan Romney gets excited by Herzog’s new films on the Lido. Web exclusive, September 2009
The films of 2009
A Prophet, The Hurt Locker and 35 Shots of Rum lead our favourite releases of the year. Jonathan Romney discerns a French resurgence and an unprecedentedly strong showing by women directors. Web exclusive, January 2010