Kevin Bacon, step down, Footloose 2.0 is an upgrade
The dancing is better, the drama grittier, the stars sexier—plus the music and cast are more diverse
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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.
Slapstick birding? ’The Big Year’ is a big turkey
There’s more wit in any one of Steve Martin’s tweets than in this entire bird-brained movie
REVIEW: Jagger: Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue
Book by Marc Spitz
Goin’ down the road, again
After four decades, a sequel to a Canadian classic serves as a resonant requiem
Iranian films go audience-friendly, are explicitly political
’Circumstance’ breaks so many taboos it will certainly be banned in Iran
Backroom brains: first ’Moneyball,’ now hardball in ’Ides of March’
Clooney and Pitt may be branded as glamour boys, but their real romance is with intelligence
Cattrall vs Gross in the gilded cage match of ’Private Lives’
When a battle of the sexes becomes an acting duel, a film critic finds it impossible to review the "moving target" of live theatre
Will hockey movies ever grow up?
Two nervy contenders still don’t dignify the genre. Give us a ’Moneyball’!
Seth Rogen makes cancer a laughing matter in 50/50
Finally, a buddy movie with a narrative arc built around chemo
The real festival stars
Now that the circus act has left Toronto, our critic picks the films that are bound for glory