Oliver Johnston

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  The Intruder (El Prófugo)

  ★★★★★

  Director Natalia Meta’s latest film defies easy categorisation....

  Oliver Johnston 12th October 2020
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  Undine

  ★★★★★

  An undine is an elemental, ethereal being – a kind of water nymph. Legend states...

  Oliver Johnston 12th October 2020
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  Venice

  In Between Dying (Səpələnmiş ölümlər arasında)

  ★★★★★
  Oliver Johnston 11th September 2020
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  Shorta

  ★★★★★

  There’s a timely eeriness to the events and themes masterfully depicted in Shorta,...

  Oliver Johnston 11th September 2020
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  Venice

  Kitoboy (The Whaler Boy)

  ★★★★★

  Apparently, it’s possible to cross the Bering Strait from Russia...

  Oliver Johnston 5th September 2020
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  Berlinale

  Eeb Allay Ooo! interview with Prateek Vats

  Most cities around the world have some sort of wildlife management plan, although...

  Oliver Johnston 3rd March 2020
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  Berlinale

  “We’re able to have fun without being locked into our mobile phones”: An interview with Delete History directors Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern
  Oliver Johnston 3rd March 2020
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  Berlinale

  Irradiated (Irradiés)

  ★★★★★

  Cinema should, ideally anyway, ask a question. The only question...

  Oliver Johnston 2nd March 2020
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  Berlinale

  There Is No Evil (Sheytan vojud nadarad)

  ★★★★★

  Director Mohammad Rasoulof’s There Is No Evil is...

  Oliver Johnston 29th February 2020
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  Berlinale

  There Is No Evil press conference: Backing Mohammad Rasoulof and the subjectivity of cinema

  Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof...

  Oliver Johnston 29th February 2020