Brian D. Johnson

This is Not A Film: Smuggled out of Iran for its Cannes premiere, this clandestine self-portrait of a banned filmmaker plays as an...

The Artist: Finally a French movie that needs no subtitles. This silent black-and-white romcom was the biggest crowd-pleaser in...

Le Havre: The failure of this gem to win a prize was widely considered to be the most egregious omission by Robert De Niro’s...

Pariah: It’s not surprising that this spirited first feature by American director Dee Rees made a splash at Sundance, where it won...

Drive : Ryan Gosling nails his first action role. He plays a stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver, and stumbles into a...

Lucky: Here’s another tale of an abandoned boy, a Dickensian odyssey about a 10-year-old Zulu orphan who flees his South African...

In Darkness: Just when you thought you could never watch another drama about surviving the Holocaust, veteran Polish director...

Habemus Papam: What a delicious premise: a freshly elected Pope decides he’s not up to the job. Italian provocateur Nanni Moretti...

’He’s not brooding or lovesick or noble. He’s the shark in Jaws.’

Lone Scherfig’s One Day is sad and frustrating