Jonathan Romney

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@shauntranslates @RobertHanks Yes, let’s do it properly some time.

@RobertHanks @JonathanRomney And my turn to apologise - great to meet you!

I loved this. Not everybody loved this. It’s on Mubi, ft.com/content/661e1a…

@locogirlp He wasn’t. I wrote, Richard Clark directed. Richard later directed some Doctor eps - only connection I can think of.

@JonathanRomney I wonder if I might ask you a few questions about a short you did called 'One-Eyed Jacques'? I'm curious whether a little unknown actor called David Tennant was in it?

I remember a Q&A in Rome, where he declared that he couldn’t live - literally couldn’t live - without Eliot’s Four Quartets and Bruckner’s symphonies. Later that day, he enthused about the Carry On films and the immortal “Infamy! Infamy!”

RIP Terence Davies, one of the great cinematic poets and explorers of the self and of memory. He plumbed the sorrows, rejoiced in the follies… 1/2

@Xalira @ObsNewReview Orizzonti, etc, I mean.

@Xalira @ObsNewReview Sidebars (Orizzonti) are still more eclectic, but in the competition it’s a very narrow red carpet.

Arrivederci Venezia. Here’s my ⁦@ObsNewReview⁩ final round-up of Venice. theguardian.com/film/2023/sep/…

#Venezia80 Roundups from @jessicakiang (nytimes.com/2023/09/07/mov…) and @JonathanRomney (theguardian.com/film/2023/sep/…), conversations with @NicolasRapold (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…), and critics’ ratings @ICSfilm (icsfilm.org/uncategorized/…).

@wendyide Grazie mille. Hope you’re enjoying TIFF.

A terrific, thorough Venice round up from ⁦@JonathanRomney⁩ - I’m in complete agreement about the scalding, furious Green Border, which is my pick for the win (much as I adored Poor Things) theguardian.com/film/2023/sep/…

This is awful. Carlo and team vibed up the Berlinale wonderfully, under exceptionally difficult circumstances, reviving it as a festival of real discovery.

@filmuforia @jessicakiang Ahhh…. But why should this site require secret tricks? It’s not Grand Theft Auto.

@JonathanRomney @jessicakiang Yes! The secret trick is not to press “book” until you’re finished

A word of warning to Venice attendees, if I see anyone strolling jauntily against a green backdrop like the Vivaticket flaneur, my Pavlovian response will be to strangle them to death with my bare hands.

@filmuforia @jessicakiang Tearing, I mean.

@filmuforia @jessicakiang Treating out his green hair, maybe.

@DonaldClarke63 There is a particular Italian gesture that unfortunately I can’t find a emoji for.

@JonathanRomney Fuck's sake. I naively thought this couldn't happen again.

@PaulRidd Or: slightly longer than a longish piece of string.

Your estimated wait time is: more than an hour

@tpaleyfilm @ObsNewReview @AMCtvUK @5ACTION_tv @bbcthree Can’t take credit for these! Thanks to @wendyide for stepping in while I was on holiday.

.@JonathanRomney week’s TV film pics @ObsNewReview - Mon: GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (1999) @AMCtvUK 11pm; Wed: TRUE GRIT (2010) @5ACTION_tv 9pm; Thu: SUNSHINE CLEANING (2008) @AMCtvUK 9pm; Fri: THE OTHERS (2001) @bbcthree 9.55pm