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Sheila Johnston

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Sheila worked on the launch of the Independent, where she was a writer-editor and film critic for 10 years. She has written on cinema for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, The Times, Sight and Sound, Guardian, Libération, Interview and New York Daily News, among other places.

Articles By Sheila Johnston

Bright Star

Monday, 02 November 2009 Read more...

Film Director Cristian Mungiu

Wednesday, 28 October 2009 Read more...

An Education

Monday, 26 October 2009 Read more...

Colin

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Read more...

The Men Who Stare at Goats, London Film Festival

Sunday, 18 October 2009 Read more...

Fantastic Mr Fox, London Film Festival

Thursday, 15 October 2009 Read more...

Film: Goodbye Solo

Thursday, 08 October 2009 Read more...

Film: Up

Wednesday, 07 October 2009 Read more...

Close Up: The Work of Film Director Agnès Varda

Monday, 05 October 2009 Read more...

Rage, BFI Southbank

Friday, 25 September 2009 Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: Author-actor Michael Palin

Tuesday, 22 September 2009 Read more...

London's Robert Redford

Sunday, 20 September 2009 Read more...

Army of Crime, Cambridge Film Festival

Thursday, 17 September 2009 Read more...

Film: Birdwatchers

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 Read more...

Remembering Patrick Swayze

Tuesday, 15 September 2009 Read more...

Fish Tank

Friday, 11 September 2009 Read more...

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