The reign of Kain
Performing the most precarious dance of her career, Canada’s ballet queen taps Nureyev, Jagger, Chekhov—and Harper
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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.
The ultimate misunderstood mum
Clint Eastwood’s ‘Changeling’ is stranger than fiction, and so is Angelina Jolie
Film Reviews: Handling the truth in ’W,’ ’Passchendaele,’ ’Battle in Seattle’ and ’Happy-Go-Lucky’
It never rains, it pours. This week the big screen is teeming with history and politics. From America, fairly recent events are...
Film Review: ’Body of Lies’ gets lost in the dust
Movies about America’s war on terror have fared dismally at the box office. But if anyone can succeed in sexing up this subject...
Bond’s revenge
After making the skeptics eat their words, the best actor ever to play 007 is back, and this time it’s personal
Film Reviews: ’Blindness,’ ’Rachel Getting Married,’ ’Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,’ ’Religulous,’ ’How to Lose Friends & Alienate People’
A big slate this weekend. The movie of the moment that everyone’s raving about, me included, is Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting...
Preaching to the unconverted
Bill Maher pitches ‘Religulous’ as a ‘Passion of the Christ’ for the faithless multitude
Film reviews: ’The Lucky Ones,’ ’Miracle at St. Anna,’ ’Tell No One,’ ’Choke’
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Finally, a bridesmaid gets her due
Anne Hathaway emerges as an early Oscar contender with ‘Rachel Getting Married’
Stretching the truth about stretch limos
Odd to see arts and culture making even a slight dent in the federal election campaign, even if only in Quebec. Gotta love this...