http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Tue, 21 May 2013 22:38:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iran-claims-it-will-sue-hollywood-over-unrealistic-portrayals-in-argo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iran-claims-it-will-sue-hollywood-over-unrealistic-portrayals-in-argo/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:36:55 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359740 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iran-claims-it-will-sue-hollywood-over-unrealistic-portrayals-in-argo/feed/ 0 The Academy Award-winning best picture Argo is about to be slapped with a lawsuit,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/canada-at-the-oscars-they-like-us-they-really-like-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/canada-at-the-oscars-they-like-us-they-really-like-us/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:45:59 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=353944 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/canada-at-the-oscars-they-like-us-they-really-like-us/feed/ 0 Brian D. Johnson on the Canadian Oscar conspiracy: William Shatner, 'Argo' and 'Life of Pi' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/iran-state-media-calls-argo-most-political-for-oscar-win/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/iran-state-media-calls-argo-most-political-for-oscar-win/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:45:13 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=353870 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/25/iran-state-media-calls-argo-most-political-for-oscar-win/feed/ 0 Film's win is part of White House and CIA plot, says state radio http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/22/former-u-s-president-jimmy-carter-says-argo-gives-short-shrift-to-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/22/former-u-s-president-jimmy-carter-says-argo-gives-short-shrift-to-canada/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:09:36 +0000 Lindsey Wiebe http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=353495 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/22/former-u-s-president-jimmy-carter-says-argo-gives-short-shrift-to-canada/feed/ 0 "The main hero, in my opinion, was Ken Taylor," Carter says http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/video-remembering-the-iranian-hostage-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/video-remembering-the-iranian-hostage-crisis/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:41:16 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=352711 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/video-remembering-the-iranian-hostage-crisis/feed/ 0 Acclaimed photographer Peter Bregg recalls covering the 1979 crisis http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/what-really-happened-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/what-really-happened-2/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350224 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/what-really-happened-2/feed/ 0 Mark Lijek, a retired U.S. diplomat rescued from Iran, writes about the real heroes of 1979 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/ken-taylor-says-documentary-to-provide-more-balanced-picture-of-hostage-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/ken-taylor-says-documentary-to-provide-more-balanced-picture-of-hostage-crisis/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:59:03 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=351062 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/ken-taylor-says-documentary-to-provide-more-balanced-picture-of-hostage-crisis/feed/ 0 TORONTO – The real-life Canadian hero portrayed in the popcorn thriller “Argo” says the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/on-the-u-s-elections-americas-looming-fiscal-cliff-and-the-after-effects-of-ben-afflecks-argo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/on-the-u-s-elections-americas-looming-fiscal-cliff-and-the-after-effects-of-ben-afflecks-argo/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:20:01 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314667 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/on-the-u-s-elections-americas-looming-fiscal-cliff-and-the-after-effects-of-ben-afflecks-argo/feed/ 0 In conversation with Canada's ambassador to the U.S. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/ben-dont-sweat-it-we-forgive-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/ben-dont-sweat-it-we-forgive-you/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:06:01 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=304290 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/ben-dont-sweat-it-we-forgive-you/feed/ 0 His new film, Argo, may not give Canadians all the credit, but the Hollywood star smooths things over. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/meta-movies-sarah-ben-and-the-seven-psychos/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/meta-movies-sarah-ben-and-the-seven-psychos/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:08:32 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=300406 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/meta-movies-sarah-ben-and-the-seven-psychos/feed/ 0 Deconstruction gone wild in 'Argo,' 'Stories We Tell,' 'Seven Psychopaths,' 'Nobody Walks,' and 'Antiviral' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/10/ben-affleck-lauds-ken-taylor-in-d-c-at-reception-for-film-argo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/10/ben-affleck-lauds-ken-taylor-in-d-c-at-reception-for-film-argo/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:06:13 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=302030 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/10/ben-affleck-lauds-ken-taylor-in-d-c-at-reception-for-film-argo/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON - Hollywood's Ben Affleck lauded Canadian hero Ken Taylor and the Canada-U.S. relationship on Wednesday in the U.S. capital as he promoted his new film, "Argo," about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/brian-d-johnson-picks-tiffs-top-10/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/brian-d-johnson-picks-tiffs-top-10/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:32:05 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=294138 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/brian-d-johnson-picks-tiffs-top-10/feed/ 0 The best of the Toronto International Film Festival as chosen by our film critic ... plus! a booby prize http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/ben-affleck-shows-ken-taylor-some-hollywood-diplomacy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/ben-affleck-shows-ken-taylor-some-hollywood-diplomacy/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:12:06 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295170 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/ben-affleck-shows-ken-taylor-some-hollywood-diplomacy/feed/ 0 In what must be a Hollywood precedent, Taylor got to rewrite the 'Argo' postscript—changing it from insult to tribute http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/16/silver-linings-playbook-wins-tiff-audience-prize/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/16/silver-linings-playbook-wins-tiff-audience-prize/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:45:36 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=294222 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/16/silver-linings-playbook-wins-tiff-audience-prize/feed/ 0 Quebec's Xavier Dolan's wins Best Canadian feature for his transexual epic, Laurence Anyways http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/ben-affleck-rewrites-history/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/ben-affleck-rewrites-history/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:30:32 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292541 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/ben-affleck-rewrites-history/feed/ 0 'Argo' shifts the spotlight from Ken Taylor, our man in Tehran, to CIA spy Tony Mendez http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/ben-afflecks-argo-a-bonanza-of-secrets-and-lies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/ben-afflecks-argo-a-bonanza-of-secrets-and-lies/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:38:55 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=291074 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/ben-afflecks-argo-a-bonanza-of-secrets-and-lies/feed/ 0 A thriller about the 1980 escape of six Americans from the Canadian embassy in Tehran lands with uncanny timing http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/tiff-2012-the-vanity-project-5-successful-actor-directors/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/tiff-2012-the-vanity-project-5-successful-actor-directors/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:17:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=288085 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/tiff-2012-the-vanity-project-5-successful-actor-directors/feed/ 0 Ben Affleck, who directs and stars in Argo, isn't the only one in Hollywood to double dip