Opening Weekend: Hereafter, RED, Stone, Nowhere Boy
Clint Eastwood learns new tricks at 80 and Helen Mirren gets her kicks with a machine gun
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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.
Matt Damon sees dead people
Clint Eastwood’s pensive drama about the afterlife is a startling departure
Clint Eastwood honours a Canadian in Carmel
For an 80-year-old, Clint Eastwood is one busy dude. But just before jetting off to the premiere of his latest movie, Hereafter...
What Oscar likes in a woman
Best Actors play psychos, but Best Actress winners have to be noble crusaders
Discovering Sexsmith, Escobar, Zanzibar and Uzbek art at VIFF
Spotting Ron Sexsmith in a laundromat, fans grab his autograph, then ask, "What are you doing in a laundromat?"
Opening Weekend: ’Secretariat,’ ’It’s Kind of a Funny Story,’ ’Howl,’ ’Basquiat’
Basquiat and Ginsberg shine, while Malkovich tries to steal a movie from a horse
Opening Weekend: Social Network, Tall Dark Stranger, Trigger, FUBAR II, Let Me In, Suzuki
Sexing up intelligence from Aaron Sorkin to David Suzuki
Josh Brolin on Woody Allen, master manipulator
"You put yourself in this horrible position, and you’re not being paid anything, to please this guy"
Aaron Sorkin, Facebook and the devil
The famous TV writer defends his film portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg
Aaron Sorkin gives Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg a poke (Q&A)
"Socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality"