Brian D. Johnson on the movies: Tuxedo vs. the top hat
For once, the blockbuster is the movie to see. Find out why in Brian D. Johnson’s video review
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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.
Lincoln Unchained: a video mash-up of three movies about freeing American slaves
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Beyond Bond: A 50-year-old franchise finally comes of age with ’Skyfall’
007 hasn’t been so cool since the 1960s
Photographer Albert Watson on getting the stars to pose
Alfred Hitchcock and Queen Elizabeth II among iconic subjects
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’Flight’ is fit to fly
Robert Zemeckis and Denzel Washington turn an action movie into a drama about addiction
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Daniel Craig on riding atop a train in Turkey, drunkenly choosing his own director and making the best Bond
In conversation with Brian D. Johnson
Leonard Cohen’s tale of redemption
A new biography of Leonard Cohen provides new details on Jimi Hendrix, Phil Spector and Joni Mitchell