Oliver Johnston

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    Mis Dos Voces (My Two Voices)
    ★★★★★

    Film titles are often ludicrously self-explanatory. Take Paris...

    Oliver Johnston 13th February 2022
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    Yin Ru Chen Yan (Return to Dust)
    ★★★★★

    Two people who exist on the fringes of society, apparently...

    Oliver Johnston 13th February 2022
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    Une Fleur à la Bouche (A Flower in the Mouth)
    ★★★★★

    Anyone watching Une Fleur à la Bouche may...

    Oliver Johnston 12th February 2022
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    Berdreymi (Beautiful Beings)
    ★★★★★

    Disaffected youth being led by their egos, their insecurities...

    Oliver Johnston 11th February 2022
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    Robe of Gems
    ★★★★★

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

    Oliver Johnston 11th February 2022
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    Suspicion
    ★★★★★

    It’s practically customary for a TV pilot to be a little artless in places as...

    Oliver Johnston 4th February 2022
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    Hostile
    ★★★★★

    Anyone who watches director Sonita Gale’s perceptive documentary and doesn’t develop a sense of...

    Oliver Johnston 20th January 2022
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    The Afterparty
    ★★★★★

    Many of the jokes in The Afterparty have presumably signed up for Jobseeker’s Allowance, because...

    Oliver Johnston 18th January 2022
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    President
    ★★★★★

    According to the late Robert Mugabe, he was sacked from his job as the president...

    Oliver Johnston 14th January 2022
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    Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11
    ★★★★★

    The titular memory box of this tactful, artful documentary from co-directors David...

    Oliver Johnston 11th January 2022