Jonathan Romney

Jonathan Romney is a film critic, screenwriter and director. He is the weekly online film critic of Film Comment, and also writes for The Observer, Sight & Sound, Screen International and others; he was previously film critic at the Independent on Sunday. His latest short film L’Assenza was made under the BFI/Lighthouse shorts scheme. He has also co-written the feature History’s Future, directed by Fiona Tan, currently in post-production. He is the London Film Festival’s programme adviser on French cinema.