’Black Swan’;
A backstage ballet melodrama with a frisson of Cronenberg
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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.
’Another Year’
Sure, it’s just another Mike Leigh movie, but it’s note-perfect
’Of Gods and Men’
A true story of turning the other cheek to Islamic terrorism
Robert Redford and the American military conspiracy
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’You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger’
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’The Housemaid’
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’Never Let Me Go’
Sci-fi meets period drama
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