Jonny Sweet

@jonnyleesweet

After four years in the wanderlust wilderness, Jonny Sweet is back to the homeland to gorge himself on musical and cinematic catnip and scribble furiously in dimly lit rooms.

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Reviews: 347

Other Articles: 75

Preview

ESFF 2021 returns online and in-person

Hybrid format and eclectic programme means there’s something for all

Skies of Lebanon

Charmingly artistic tale of love and war in Lebanon

The Man Who Sold His Skin

High art, refugee exploitation and thwarted love collide in smart social commentary

Mandibles

Daft French comedy is an absurdist flight of fancy

The Justice of Bunny King

Compelling social drama puts spotlight on family services

The Bright Side

Darkly comic exploration of the fallout from a breast cancer diagnosis

News

ESFF returns!

In-person cinema is back with a trio of Spanish language films this weekend

Home Front

Dour depiction of the long-term effects of war on those involved

In Bed with Victoria

Unconventional rom-com successfully balances the heavy with the humorous

Apples

Disorientating delve into memory and identity from Greece

Sweetheart

Lesbian coming-of-age comedy captures awkwardness and frustration of youth

Riders of Justice

Danish revenge thriller juggles comedy and chaos theory

Ma Belle, My Beauty

Unusual angle on the messy heartache of love

Together Together

Non-romantic romcom follows a wannabee single dad and his surrogate

Searchers

Sensitive look at the search for love online

Marvellous and the Black Hole

Charming indie flick about growing up and getting over loss

Night of the Kings

Ivorian ode to the power of storytelling

Violation

Twisted revenge thriller is graphic but not gratuitous

Superior

Natty twin flick nails comedy but bungles finale

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

Subversive study of lonely soul seeking comfort in darker corners of the internet

The Blazing World

Nightmarish vision of what overcoming personal grief looks like

Mayday

Imaginative but unsatisfying parable about recovering from trauma

The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet

Softly-spoken parable about the virtues of rolling with the punches

El Planeta

Quirky black comedy carries barbed undercurrent of social commentary