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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.

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Queen of the world!

How one woman crashed the boys’ club and made Hollywood history

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Opening Weekend: Matt Damon is Bourne again in ’Green Zone’

With its frantic, jittery camerawork, ’Green Zone’ makes ’The Hurt Locker’ look like an Antonioni film

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Someone rescue Robert Pattinson

Looks like there may be a good actor lurking behind the pretty face, but he needs a mentor

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Live-blogging the Oscars!

Brian D. Johnson on the highs and lows of the night

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And the gold medal, er, Oscar goes to...

Brian D. Johnson predicts the Academy Award winners—and liveblogs tonight’s show

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Opening Weekend: ’Alice in Wonderland,’ ’Ghost Writer,’ ’A Prophet’

Going underground with Depp, Polanski and the Corsican Mafia

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Hollywood’s big on psycho soldiers

Ramrod military men with impulse-control issues may be rare in real life but not onscreen

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Please talk to us

For Peter Mansbridge, it was tough working for the network that wasn’t allowed to cover anything

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Hollywood’s shocking reel Indians

A new documentary chronicles the absurd misrepresentation of native people onscreen

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Opening Weekend: ’Shutter Island,’ ’Defendor,’ Fish Tank’

Martin Scorsese revels in Gothic horror, while Woody Harrelson plays a superhero as a Canuck loser

Brian D. Johnson

Queen of the world!

Opening Weekend: Matt Damon is Bourne again in ’Green Zone’

Someone rescue Robert Pattinson

Live-blogging the Oscars!

And the gold medal, er, Oscar goes to...

Opening Weekend: ’Alice in Wonderland,’ ’Ghost Writer,’ ’A Prophet’

Hollywood’s big on psycho soldiers

Please talk to us

Hollywood’s shocking reel Indians

Opening Weekend: ’Shutter Island,’ ’Defendor,’ Fish Tank’

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