Nessa Johnston

17 articles

When We Leave

Tackling some important and topical issues, the characters in this picture amount to nothing more than mouthpieces for clashing cultural perspectives

20 February 2011

Viva Riva!

The beginning of Congolese film-making after over a decade of war, a bold and violent film marking Djo Munga as one to watch.

20 February 2011

Submarine

Moss from The IT Crowd? Directing a film? Really? Richard Ayoade's directorial debut is pretty awesome actually...

16 February 2011

Playback

part gig, part road movie, part theatre

18 October 2010

Success/The Séance

The youth of today gather together to face the harsh scrutiny of Edinburgh's critics. How will Nick Drake's text fair in the hands of teens?

15 June 2009

The Heights/Blackout

From the Lyceum's New Connection Festival, the preamble to the fringe is looking promising so far!

12 June 2009