Jonathan Romney
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Heart of the Beast review: One man and his dog (opens the original)
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Cynics once used to joke about equestrian-themed films that “The horse has all the best lines.” In Heart of the Beast, Odin the German Shepherd may not actually have the best lines, but he has the best reaction shots. Dogs are naturally expressive, but it takes a particular craft to make their expressions signify on screen exactly as required. While this film eschews the too obvious anthropomorphic emotional tweaks, the efforts of director David Ayer, director of photography Mauro Fiore, editor
Possible Love review: Lee Chang-Dong’s marriage story (opens the original)
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A new film from South Korean writer-director Lee Chang-Dong is a genuine event; he has only made seven features since 1997, and it is now eight years since his Haruki Murakami-inspired Burning (2018). But one can see why Lee, who made his name as a novelist, works slowly: his is a densely patterned style of narrative intricacy and psychological insight that enriches what otherwise might have seemed mundane social realist dramas. His seventh feature Possible Love is quintessential Lee, with its t
Ish review: Luton intolerance (opens the original)
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You wonder whether Imran Perretta was thinking of Kes (1969) when he gave a three-letter name to his own film about a painful childhood. Ish might, to a degree, be categorised as British realism in the classic Loachian tradition – not least in its casting of young nonprofessionals. But in his first feature, director Perretta – co-writing here with playwright Enda Walsh – finds his own distinct approach to the contemporary multiracial British everyday. You could call Ish a coming-of-age story. Bu
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