Published by Film Society of Lincoln Center

Jonathan Romney

Film of the Week: Always Shine

By Jonathan Romney
November 23, 2016
Bad timing: Sophia Takal smartly deconstructs the male gaze through the familiar trope of female doppelgängers

Film of the Week: I Am Not Madame Bovary

By Jonathan Romney
November 18, 2016
Bureaucratic oath: Feng Xiaogang’s film about a woman seeking a divorce shows the labyrinthine realities of today's China, but not much else

Film of the Week: Arrival

By Jonathan Romney
November 10, 2016
Found in translation: Denis Villeneuve’s alien encounter flick offers up thoughtful ideas about cinema, language, and empathy

Film of the Week: Doctor Strange

By Jonathan Romney
November 3, 2016
Turn on, tune in: Marvel's mystical-metaphysical superhero reaches the big screen without any compromises

Film of the Week: Into the Inferno

By Jonathan Romney
October 28, 2016
Doomsday profit: Werner Herzog puts his apocalyptic touch on another, volcanic force of nature

Film of the Week: King Cobra

By Jonathan Romney
October 21, 2016
Young buns: the trueish tale of a gay porn actor's attempt to make it gets at some larger, uncomfortable truths

Film of the Week: Certain Women

By Jonathan Romney
October 13, 2016
Rainy day women: Kelly Reichardt's triptych finds the flow of moments in three stories by Maile Meloy

Film of the Week: The Greasy Strangler

By Jonathan Romney
October 6, 2016
Dare to be stupid: Jim Hosking's irredeemable and weird father-son whatsit is just silly enough

Film of the Week: Son of Joseph

By Jonathan Romney
September 29, 2016
A whole nother vein: Eugène Green's Shakespearean-tinged story of filial frustration shows the director's formal hallmarks in beguiling full effect

Film of the Week: Playground

By Jonathan Romney
September 26, 2016
Caution, children: the cruelties of youth prompted many walkouts at San Sebastian

Film of the Week: Chan Is Missing

By Jonathan Romney
September 14, 2016
High and low: Wayne Wang’s exploration of Chinese-American identity remains as fresh and insightful as it was in 1982

Film of the Week: The Untamed

By Jonathan Romney
September 9, 2016
The call of Cthulhu: Amat Escalante wraps science fiction around family drama and doesn't let go

Festivals: Locarno

By Jonathan Romney
September 6, 2016
Band of outsiders: this year's lakeside fest boasted strong, strange offerings from Argentina and elsewhere

Film of the Week: Happy Hour

By Jonathan Romney
August 26, 2016
Relaxed fit: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s five-hour exploration of middle-aged female friendship lets us live with its drama

Film of the Week: Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

By Jonathan Romney
August 18, 2016
Let's go surfing: Werner Herzog pontificates on the philosophical implications of the Internet

Films of the Week: Locarno Sex Romp Edition!

By Jonathan Romney
August 12, 2016
Heat wave: Akihiko Shiota's roman porno homage Wet Woman in the Wind and Tetsuya Mariko's frenetic Destruction Babies shake up established notions of contemporary Japanese film

Film of the Week: Little Men

By Jonathan Romney
August 5, 2016
Neighborhood watch: Ira Sachs's delicate drama of friendship and class in a gentrifying Brooklyn glides along with precocious performances

Film of the Week: On the Silver Globe

By Jonathan Romney
July 19, 2016
From another planet: an early look at Andrzej Zulawski's magnificent, mad, science-fiction film maudit, returning to screens in a new restoration

Film of the Week: Café Society

By Jonathan Romney
July 14, 2016
Behind the grind: Woody Allen's lush and lovingly shot romp through 1930s Hollywood offers many pleasures for his true fans

Film of the Week: Our Little Sister

By Jonathan Romney
July 8, 2016
Sweet songs of sad thought: Kore-eda's latest understated chamber drama gets to the heart of sibling dynamics