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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.
A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method Michael Fassbender stars as a mild-mannered Carl Jung, who graduates from treating his barking-mad Russian...
An Arab Spring of talent triumphs at TIFF Awards
A rousing tale of Lebanese women’s lib takes the People’s Choice award, while a Quebec drama about an Algerian refugee teacher wins Best Canadian Feature
Dinner with Jason Reitman and the Duplass brothers
Why Jason Reitman didn’t give his film to TIFF. And how a new wave of indie filmmakers have learned to stay indie while playing ball with the big studios.
Back in the USSR . . . on LSD
A wild satire about mad ad men rebranding Russia apparently has a fan in Vladimir Putin
Monsieur Lazhar
Monsieur Lazhar Adapting the play by Evelyne de la Chenelière, director Philippe Falardeau brings a luminous warmth to this...
How Juliette Binoche faked her orgasm
"I just used my skills and body to recreate something. It’s like a Goya painting. Or sculpting."
Edwin Boyd
Edwin Boyd In an impressive feature debut, Canadian writer-director Nathan Morlando makes a folk hero of flamboyant Toronto outlaw...