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.

Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal at the press conference for "Okja" at the Cannes Film Festival

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Netflix is the new villain Cannes loves to hate

"Okja" is a novel twist on the big budget monster movie, but it was the studio behind it that first caught the audience’s attention at the festival

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Michelle Williams gives Cannes a lesson in being a mother

For Michelle Williams, being a mother ’is in the centre of my life. But I think that’s pretty ordinary.’

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On the first day of Cannes 2017, a vision of a changing landscape

Brian D. Johnson’s first dispatch from Cannes, the high altar of world cinema—where it’s grappling with some seismic shifts

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Inside Julian Assange’s world, the moving target of ’Risk’

Laura Poitras’s new doc ’Risk’—crafted from years of incredible access to the enigmatic WikiLeaks founder—is as revealing as it is unnerving

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Richard Gere’s unlikely comeback

’Norman’ could return former A-lister Richard Gere to the limelight that he claims his political advocacy has denied him

89th Academy Awards – Oscars Awards Show

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Disaster aside, the Oscars were a win for diversity—and independence

It was a shame how the Best Picture award snafu ruined an otherwise historic moment. But the night was bigger than one foul-up.

EXCLUSIVE: It’s A Wrap! Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are seen filming the last scene of ‘La La Land’ in Pasadena

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Is ’La La Land’ really the Oscars villain?

Our film critic is rooting for ’Moonlight’ but finds the ’La La Land’ hatred a bit much to take

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Maclean’s picks the best movies of 2016

Our film critic Brian D. Johnson reveals what made his list as the finest movies of the year

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Women come out on top at the Whistler Film Festival

At a festival bent on empowering women, ’Miss Sloane’ director John Madden explains how Jessica Chastain’s lobbyist is right at home in the Trump Age

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La La Land is a musical tonic for the times

La La Land kicks new life into the Hollywood musical, offering a heaven-sent escape from the new America

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