Oliver Johnston

Oliver is originally from New Zealand and certainly doesn’t roll his eyes when people make Hobbit jokes after being informed of this fact. He studied journalism in Australia, and parlayed that into writing about films. He watches an alarming amount of Netflix.

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  Cinema

  The Mole Agent

  ★★★★★

  Despite this Chilean documentary’s charmingly impish setup, audiences might be s...

  Oliver Johnston 7th December 2020
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  Cinema

  Locked In

  ★★★★★

  As the director and primary protagonist of Locked In, Xavier Alford has a breezy and per...

  Oliver Johnston 26th November 2020
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  Movie review

  Patrick

  ★★★★★

  Set in a nudist camp and featuring an existential crisis aggravated by a missing hammer, Pa...

  Oliver Johnston 13th November 2020
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  Film festivals

  The Intruder (El Prófugo)

  ★★★★★

  Director Natalia Meta’s latest film d...

  Oliver Johnston 12th October 2020
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  Film festivals

  Undine

  ★★★★★

  An undine is an elemental, ethereal being – a kind of water nym...

  Oliver Johnston 12th October 2020
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  Film festivals

  In Between Dying (Səpələnmiş ölümlər arasında)

  ★★★★★

  Eve...

  Oliver Johnston 11th September 2020
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  Film festivals

  Shorta

  ★★★★★

  There’s a timely eeriness to the events and themes masterfully ...

  Oliver Johnston 11th September 2020
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  Film festivals

  Kitoboy (The Whaler Boy)

  ★★★★★

  Apparently, it’s possible to cross the B...

  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 managemen...

  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

  After directing ten pi...

  Oliver Johnston 3rd March 2020