Allan Johnstone

17 articles

Danny Collins

Based on a true story, this drama sees Pacino playing a once-exciting artist facing a career slump. Remind you of anyone?

5 October 2015

Tokyo Tribe

This visually inventive battle rap musical is weird, but exhausting.

16 June 2015

A Good Marriage

This new Stephen King adaptation lacks the fear factor.

13 April 2015

Preview: Scotland Loves Anime 2014

A guide to the highlights and hidden gems showing in this year's festival at the Glasgow Film Theatre and Edinburgh Filmhouse.

8 October 2014

Salvatore Giuliano

This late example of neo-realism may have narrative issues, but stylistically it remains an overlooked gem of Italian cinema.

28 September 2014

Madame DuBarry

Ernst Lubitsch's 1919 biopic of the French courtesan wraps heavy themes in some entertaining performances.

21 September 2014

Under The Skin

Scarlett Johansson is an alien seductress seeking a good time in Glasgow in Jonathan Glazer's avant garde sci-fi.

14 July 2014

The Lunchbox

A charming and sensitive romantic comedy about the consequences of a misplaced lunchbox.

14 July 2014

Nashville

Available for the first time on DVD, Robert Altman's Nashville is the director's masterpiece.

17 June 2014