Oliver Johnston

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  Berlinale

  Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste (Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey Into the Desert)
  Oliver Johnston 20th February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Ming On (Mad Fate)

  It all starts so promisingly: the first act of Ming On teases a...

  Oliver Johnston 19th February 2023
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  Berlinale

  The Adults

  Regrettably, the understated rewards of director Dustin Guy Defa’s The Adults...

  Oliver Johnston 19th February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Kill Boksoon

  As demonstrated by the omnipresent Netflix logo kicking things off, South...

  Oliver Johnston 18th February 2023
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  Berlinale

  Arturo a los 30 (About 30)

  Are explanatory voiceovers in films taking the easy way out?...

  Oliver Johnston 18th February 2023
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  Berlinale

  “It’s important to love all types of films – and to show up in person at the movie theatre”: At the press conference for She Came to Me
  Oliver Johnston 17th February 2023
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  Berlinale

  She Came to Me

  Another year, another somewhat middling Berlinale opener. While doing press...

  Oliver Johnston 16th February 2023
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  Movie

  Mr Bachmann and His Class

  The prospect of a gentle, three-and-a-half-hour observational documentary focused on a...

  Oliver Johnston 5th December 2022
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  Movie

  Return to Dust

  Two people who exist on the fringes of society, apparently barely tolerated by their own...

  Oliver Johnston 31st October 2022
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  LFF

  Robe of Gems

  A missing woman, thought to have met her end in an unspeakably violent manner;...

  Oliver Johnston 10th October 2022