In ’Mark Felt,’ a ghost from America’s political past echoes in the present
Liam Neeson takes on the role of Deep Throat—a heroic but complex, hard-to-read crusader—in ’Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House’
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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.
How a pair of Canadians infused their DNA into ’Blade Runner 2049’
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Ai Weiwei, an artist in exile, turns to the refugee crisis
The dissident Chinese exile Ai Weiwei proves perfectly suited to the task of revealing the depths of the refugee crisis with his film, ’Human Flow’
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In 2013, the versatile director said he was retiring from moviemaking. Four years later, he’s back with ’Logan Lucky’. Here’s why.
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David Lowery’s ’Ghost Story’ goes so boldly against the Hollywood grain, it’s incredible that it was made at all
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And the Palme d’Or goes to . . . a Swedish satire
The Square, Diane Kruger and Joaquin Phoenix take home prizes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival
Inside Cannes, a film festival at a crossroads
From virtual reality to Netflix’s arrival to the emergence of women directors, Cannes finds itself in flux at 70. What comes next?
Speed-dating the stars: talking life, death, and anything but movies
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