Interview: Being Malkovich
http://vimeo.com/1794006 Brian D. Johnson interviews John Malkovich at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
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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.
Film Reviews: orphaned talent in ’Ghost Town’ and ’Appaloosa’
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Parting shots
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My own, totally unsponsored TIFF awards
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Agnès Varda: auteur as 80-year-old starlet on the beach
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Night vision technology vs. the eye-patch — harrrrrrrrr!
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Because the night
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