Trevor Johnston

All articles by Trevor Johnston

Interviews

‘Saoirse Ronan was brilliant at improv and running with the moment’: Tom George on See How They Run

The director of BBC3’s This Country on his debut feature, an Agatha Christie-inflected period comedy whodunnit.

By Trevor Johnston

‘Saoirse Ronan was brilliant at improv and running with the moment’: Tom George on See How They Run

Reviews

Black Bird: nerve-wracking prison thriller

By Trevor Johnston

Black Bird: nerve-wracking prison thriller

10 great

10 great country house films

By Trevor Johnston

10 great country house films

Reviews

Escape from Mogadishu blends a blockbuster production with a diplomatic history lesson

By Trevor Johnston

Escape from Mogadishu blends a blockbuster production with a diplomatic history lesson

10 great

10 great river films

By Trevor Johnston

10 great river films

Reviews

Belfast is Kenneth Branagh’s flawed but moving portrait of the Troubles

By Trevor Johnston

Belfast is Kenneth Branagh’s flawed but moving portrait of the Troubles

10 great

10 great audio-centric films

By Trevor Johnston

10 great audio-centric films

Where to begin

Where to begin with François Truffaut

By Trevor Johnston

Where to begin with François Truffaut

Reviews

Hellbound challenges ideas about faith and free will in six harrowing episodes

By Trevor Johnston

Hellbound challenges ideas about faith and free will in six harrowing episodes

Reviews

Vigil is a high pressure cop show set inside a nuclear submarine

By Trevor Johnston

Vigil is a high pressure cop show set inside a nuclear submarine

10 great

10 great King Arthur films

By Trevor Johnston

10 great King Arthur films

Reviews

Gagarine blasts a crumbling French housing estate into orbit

By Trevor Johnston

Gagarine blasts a crumbling French housing estate into orbit

10 great

10 great private eye films

By Trevor Johnston

10 great private eye films

Reviews

Stillwater sends Matt Damon on a mission to Marseille to free his jailed daughter

By Trevor Johnston

Stillwater sends Matt Damon on a mission to Marseille to free his jailed daughter

Festivals

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas is a perfect primer for the producer’s portfolio

By Trevor Johnston

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas is a perfect primer for the producer’s portfolio

Reviews

Maeve is a startlingly radical Irish experiment ripe for rediscovery

By Trevor Johnston

Maeve is a startlingly radical Irish experiment ripe for rediscovery

10 great

10 great country music films

By Trevor Johnston

10 great country music films

Reviews

Halston charts the rise and fall of an American fashion icon

By Trevor Johnston

Halston charts the rise and fall of an American fashion icon

Reviews

Henry Glassie: Field Work finds humanity in folk art

By Trevor Johnston

Henry Glassie: Field Work finds humanity in folk art

Reviews

Bloodlands dredges up Northern Ireland’s troubled past

By Trevor Johnston

Bloodlands dredges up Northern Ireland’s troubled past

Reviews

The Drifters is a stylish road movie cramped by little England

By Trevor Johnston

The Drifters is a stylish road movie cramped by little England

Reviews

The Dissident traces a detailed portrait of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination

By Trevor Johnston

The Dissident traces a detailed portrait of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination

Reviews

News of the World is a plodding fable of the reconstruction

By Trevor Johnston

News of the World is a plodding fable of the reconstruction

From the Sight and Sound archive

Remake/remodel: 45 weird and wonderful alternative film cuts

By James Bell, Tom Charity and others

Remake/remodel: 45 weird and wonderful alternative film cuts

Reviews

The Serpent is a heady 1970s-set portrait of a globetrotting playboy killer

By Trevor Johnston

The Serpent is a heady 1970s-set portrait of a globetrotting playboy killer

Reviews

Mayor carefully undercuts received notions about contemporary Palestine

By Trevor Johnston

Mayor carefully undercuts received notions about contemporary Palestine

Reviews

County Lines is fresh British drama that crosses new cinematic borders

By Trevor Johnston

County Lines is fresh British drama that crosses new cinematic borders

Best of 2020

Collective takes a scalpel to the contagion of corruption

By Trevor Johnston

Collective takes a scalpel to the contagion of corruption

Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy is white trash for tourists

By Trevor Johnston

Hillbilly Elegy is white trash for tourists

Reviews

Calm with Horses is a punchy gangland tragedy from west-country Ireland

By Trevor Johnston

Calm with Horses is a punchy gangland tragedy from west-country Ireland