Steven Soderbergh—Hollywood’s most successful misfit
The Academy Award-winning director says Behind the Candelabra is his last film. But he’s only 50.
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Brian D. Johnson
Brian D. Johnson writes about film and the arts for Maclean’s. He’s also a filmmaker, and director of the annual Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Gala.
Grumpy old gangsters and a great Dane
Brian D. Johnson reviews ’Stand-Up Guys’ and ’A Royal Affair’
Movies that make (up) history
Hollywood’s myth-making machine never lets facts get in the way of a good story
Brian D. Johnson reviews ’Last Stand,’ ’Mama,’ ’On the Road’ and ’Quartet’
This week: Schwarzenegger, Chastain and that ’Twilight girl’ chase a Mexican bandit, a mother from hell and a bohemian dream
Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees
The Genies and Geminis merge to celebrate Canadian talent
Now playing, two of the year’s strongest films: ’Amour’ and ’Zero Dark Thirty’
Opening this weekend: Two of Brian D. Johnson’s favourite Oscar nominees
Twin nightmares on the cult circuit
American Mary has made Jen and Sylvia Soska global sensations
Mythic history vs. magic realism: Oscar loves Lincoln and Life of Pi
Canadians can celebrate a foreign-language nomination for ’War Witch’ and music nods for ’Life of Pi’ composer Michael Danna
Sarah Polley’s birthday triumph at the TFCA Awards
Toronto critics give Polley the $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award for her family memoir ’Stories We Tell’
David Chase on Jersey rock, the Stones, and a ’Sopranos’ prequel
’I had a girlfriend who wasn’t quite in love with me. She told me time was on my side. I’m still married to her.’