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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.
A modest ’Proposal’
Opening Weekend: Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock try to raise their game in a Hollywood marriage of convenience
Why remake a perfectly good movie?
‘The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3’ turbocharges a cult classic with a double dose of adrenalin
When Woody met Larry
This match made in Manhattan is such an obvious fit you wonder why Woody Allen didn’t think of it sooner
Sentimental travels in ’Away We Go’ and ’Departures’
Opening Weekend: Sam Mendes’ parenting playlist and death Japanese-style
’The Hangover’: it’s no ’Wedding Crashers’
Another men-behaving-badly-in-Vegas flick to add to the post-Judd Apatow canon
Maclean’s Interview: Francis Ford Coppola
Godfather legend Francis Ford Coppola on Brando’s brilliance, how TV ruined movies, and why directing turned into his hobby
Macabre premonitions of Heath
It’s shocking how eerily Heath Ledger’s last screen role foreshadowed his tragic death
Coppola in Cannes
The ’Godfather’ legend talks about how in a world of commercial formula he has turned filmmaking into a hobby
’Up’ rides high into 3D heaven
Disney/Pixar’s latest is a sweet ride that balances buoyant wit with shamelessly dumb gags