Barry Hertz

Barry Hertz is the manager of editorial production at Maclean's, as well as its go-to arts columnist, covering culture both high and low.

America’s favourite family doesn’t need cheap publicity stunts

Wendy Davis faces an uphill battle in Texas, while Drake aims for a slam dunk in Toronto

Canada’s film industry has been scooped by Hollywood

There can be no satisfactory conclusion for Walter White

Miss America makes history, Vasek Pospisil nurses more than his ankle and Pope Francis gets a new ride

What we learned at TIFF 2013, from how volunteers make great human shields to why you will never be better than Michael Fassbender

Highlights from the seventh day of the festival, including Jude Law’s thug life and Saoirse Ronan’s apocalyptic romance

Legendary Hong Kong director Johnnie To in conversation with Barry Hertz

The director of The Green Inferno in conversation with Barry Hertz

Highlights from the sixth day of the festival, including Liam Neeson’s toothpick and Errol Morris’s new march to war