Brian D. Johnson

On the eve of Bond 25, Brian D. Johnson looks back at how 007 has changed with the times—from Connery’s droll menace to Craig’s tortured thuggery—while always remaining invincible and immune to any style but his own

Olympic swimmer Katerine Savard hoped to walk the red carpet at the premiere of her film in Cannes, then make her final bid for gold at the summer games in Tokyo. COVID-19 had other plans.

Hollywood is apparently nowhere near as woke as it likes to think it is

At any given moment, about 800 million people around the world are menstruating, many in secrecy and shame. A Canadian feature-length documentary finally gives airtime to menstrual rights.

From Renée Zellweger making a comeback as Judy Garland to Joaquin Phoenix playing the Joker to Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx’s dramatic retelling of a Harvard law graduate’s fight for those wrongfully convicted in the South—the 14 TIFF films you’ll likely see at the Academy Awards

The 30-year-old Québécois director has made eight films in 10 years. He may have outgrown the ‘wunderkind’ label, but he’s got plenty of time to reboot his career.

A 1984 study planted the seed that would lead the media to falsely demonize Gaëtan Dugas as Patient Zero of an epidemic that would kill more than 700,000 people in North America

After guiding us through close encounters with wildlife for over six decades, in ‘Our Planet’ he sounds the alarm

The absurdly talented Cooper didn’t nab a nod for Best Director. Can his tour de force catch up to ROMA, Alfonso Cuarón’s stunning achievement?

The veteran Cree/Métis actor has spent most of her career in stereotypical Indigenous cameos. Now she’s the headliner.

Damien Chazelle’s moon-landing film—a 180-degree turn from ‘La La Land’—refuses to simply fly the flag, and instead looks honestly at the meaning of heroism

Cohen lives on with a new book, and a new album is even in the offing