Oliver Johnston

PUBLISHED ARTICLES
  • Movie review
    Come Play

    At numerous points during Jacob Chase’s Come Play there’s a sneaking suspicion that instead of...

  • Movie review
    Misha and the Wolves

    A young Jewish girl in Belgium during World War Two, her survival only possible by...

  • Movie review
    The Last Bus

    It’s peculiar to watch a film that’s relentlessly predictable while still being warmly...

  • Movie review
    Beckett

    An American in peril in a foreign country, being pursued for reasons he doesn’t quite...

  • Movie review
    The Boy Behind the Door

    Despite its early scenes of carefree children frolicking in sun-drenched meadows, The Boy...

  • Movie review
    Here We Are

    Aharon (Shai Avivi) has a loving and companionable relationship with his autistic son Uri (Noam...

  • Movie review
    The God Committee

    In the late 1950s attempts were made to introduce the element of scent to cinemas,...

  • Movie review
    Deerskin

    It takes a great deal of restraint to make a film of such beautiful weirdness...

  • Show review
    Schmigadoon!

    Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the creators of Schmigadoon!, are best known as writers of inoffensive...

  • Cannes
    Olga

    With Olga, director Elie Grappe hasn’t quite delivered his magnum opus, which is...