Netflix is the new villain Cannes loves to hate
"Okja" is a novel twist on the big budget monster movie, but it was the studio behind it that first caught the audience’s attention at the festival
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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.
Michelle Williams gives Cannes a lesson in being a mother
For Michelle Williams, being a mother ’is in the centre of my life. But I think that’s pretty ordinary.’
On the first day of Cannes 2017, a vision of a changing landscape
Brian D. Johnson’s first dispatch from Cannes, the high altar of world cinema—where it’s grappling with some seismic shifts
Inside Julian Assange’s world, the moving target of ’Risk’
Laura Poitras’s new doc ’Risk’—crafted from years of incredible access to the enigmatic WikiLeaks founder—is as revealing as it is unnerving
Richard Gere’s unlikely comeback
’Norman’ could return former A-lister Richard Gere to the limelight that he claims his political advocacy has denied him
Disaster aside, the Oscars were a win for diversity—and independence
It was a shame how the Best Picture award snafu ruined an otherwise historic moment. But the night was bigger than one foul-up.
Is ’La La Land’ really the Oscars villain?
Our film critic is rooting for ’Moonlight’ but finds the ’La La Land’ hatred a bit much to take
Maclean’s picks the best movies of 2016
Our film critic Brian D. Johnson reveals what made his list as the finest movies of the year
Women come out on top at the Whistler Film Festival
At a festival bent on empowering women, ’Miss Sloane’ director John Madden explains how Jessica Chastain’s lobbyist is right at home in the Trump Age
La La Land is a musical tonic for the times
La La Land kicks new life into the Hollywood musical, offering a heaven-sent escape from the new America