Getting off the grid
By now, George and Oprah and the rest of the Hollywood circus have left town, and with them the horde of U.S. media...
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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.
Making history with Oprah and Atom
Oprah kick-stars an Oscar campaign and Egoyan jolts the audience, and his dad, with a commercial movie
Michael Moore hits one out of the park
’Capitalism: A Love Story’ takes dead aim at the sordid romance between Wall St. and Washington
Men who stare at George Clooney
Plus Chris Rock’s ’Bad Hair’
’Creation’ and survival of the TIFFest
The festival plays it safe with a pedestrian epic about angst and Big Ideas
Updated: The Best of the Fest
Brian D. Johnson’s list of can’t-misses at TIFF
Mr. Nice gets naked in Hollywood
Tireless CanCon advocate Paul Gross plays a lecherous devil in the new series ‘Eastwick’
TIFF tipsheet
The 12 must-see movies at this year’s festival
Summer stock
An off-duty critic catches up with the summer’s surprise gems: ’Julie & Julia,’ ’Funny People,’ and ’District 9’
Stuck on the road to enlightenment
He opens his chakras, but his mind won’t follow: a skeptic’s journey to yoga boot camp