http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/sundance-mourns-indie-film-champ-bingham-ray/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/sundance-mourns-indie-film-champ-bingham-ray/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:25:47 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235280 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/sundance-mourns-indie-film-champ-bingham-ray/feed/ 0 At TIFF he won a legendary bidding war against Harvey Weinstein for Duvall's 'The Apostle' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/taking-the-joy-out-of-sex-in-shame/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/taking-the-joy-out-of-sex-in-shame/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:59:02 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228012 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/taking-the-joy-out-of-sex-in-shame/feed/ 0 For all its sexual audacity, 'Shame' is strangely puritanical — a carnal guilt trip http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/that-woman-is-back/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/that-woman-is-back/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:00:01 +0000 Patricia Treble http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/that-woman-is-back/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/that-woman-is-back/feed/ 3 Two new biographies and a film by Madonna attempt to change our perception of 'that woman' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/my-top-5-tiff-moments/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/my-top-5-tiff-moments/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:10:14 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=215062 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/my-top-5-tiff-moments/feed/ 1 I rode my bike a lot, ate a ton of free food, and became best friends with Angelina Jolie http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/michael-shannon-on-his-turn-in-take-shelter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/michael-shannon-on-his-turn-in-take-shelter/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:41:55 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=215619 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/michael-shannon-on-his-turn-in-take-shelter/feed/ 0 'Under every stoic man, there is a frightened child' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/dirty-jokes-abound-at-amfar-cimena-against-aids-gala/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/dirty-jokes-abound-at-amfar-cimena-against-aids-gala/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:27:19 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214541 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/dirty-jokes-abound-at-amfar-cimena-against-aids-gala/feed/ 1 Kathy Griffin would drop F-bombs whenever the crowd stopped laughing at her dirty jokes http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/nathan-morlando-and-scott-speedman-on-the-making-of-edwin-boyd/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/nathan-morlando-and-scott-speedman-on-the-making-of-edwin-boyd/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:38:45 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=215137 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/nathan-morlando-and-scott-speedman-on-the-making-of-edwin-boyd/feed/ 0 The director and actor sit down with Tom Henheffer http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/14/ralph-fiennes-on-directing-and-starring-in-coriolanus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/14/ralph-fiennes-on-directing-and-starring-in-coriolanus/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:00:16 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214852 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/14/ralph-fiennes-on-directing-and-starring-in-coriolanus/feed/ 0 'It was a bit schizophrenic' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/14/shooting-stars-at-tiff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/14/shooting-stars-at-tiff/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:20:45 +0000 Andrew Tolson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214895 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/14/shooting-stars-at-tiff/feed/ 2 You only have one minute to take a photograph during shoots http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/cocktails-at-the-soho-house-with-jessica-allen/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/cocktails-at-the-soho-house-with-jessica-allen/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:33:48 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214847 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/cocktails-at-the-soho-house-with-jessica-allen/feed/ 0 Allen samples the cocktails on offer to the stars at TIFF http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/snapshots-from-the-red-carpet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/snapshots-from-the-red-carpet/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:14:18 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214674 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/snapshots-from-the-red-carpet/feed/ 0 The stars come out at TIFF http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/on-the-red-carpet-at-the-coriolanus-premiere/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/on-the-red-carpet-at-the-coriolanus-premiere/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:55:23 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214783 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/on-the-red-carpet-at-the-coriolanus-premiere/feed/ 4 Our intrepid reporter chats up Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox and Jessica Chastain http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/emily-blunt-on-what-it-takes-to-make-a-good-romantic-movie/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/emily-blunt-on-what-it-takes-to-make-a-good-romantic-movie/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:54:40 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214663 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/emily-blunt-on-what-it-takes-to-make-a-good-romantic-movie/feed/ 0 The star of 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen' sits down with Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/johnny-rotten-on-how-the-teenage-years-are-terrible-years/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/johnny-rotten-on-how-the-teenage-years-are-terrible-years/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:28:47 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214548 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/johnny-rotten-on-how-the-teenage-years-are-terrible-years/feed/ 0 The Sex Pistols alum and star of 'Sons of Norway' sits down with Tom Henheffer http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/muscling-into-the-ides-of-march-press-conference/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/muscling-into-the-ides-of-march-press-conference/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:04:41 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214485 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/muscling-into-the-ides-of-march-press-conference/feed/ 0 If George Clooney and Ryan Gosling are good at anything, it's attracting a crowd http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/random-revelers-at-tiffs-opening-night-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/random-revelers-at-tiffs-opening-night-party/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:35:34 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214229 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/random-revelers-at-tiffs-opening-night-party/feed/ 0 Everybody from bow-tied festival volunteers to wannabe actresses who forgot to wear bottom parts to executives in form-fitting fancy suits showed up. Except celebrities. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/dinner-with-harvey-weinstein-and-friends/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/dinner-with-harvey-weinstein-and-friends/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:14:53 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214425 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/dinner-with-harvey-weinstein-and-friends/feed/ 0 I sat at a table with a lively crew of film critics who had no shortage of opinions http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/scenes-from-the-red-carpet-at-the-killer-elite-premiere/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/scenes-from-the-red-carpet-at-the-killer-elite-premiere/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:32:15 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214460 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/11/scenes-from-the-red-carpet-at-the-killer-elite-premiere/feed/ 0 Robert De Niro and Jason Statham stop to chat about the "thinking man's action movie" http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/10/whats-your-favourite-sports-movie/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/10/whats-your-favourite-sports-movie/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:27:34 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214394 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/10/whats-your-favourite-sports-movie/feed/ 7 Jessica Allen snags Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the red carpet at the 'Moneyball' premiere. Sorta. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/10/scenes-from-the-red-carpet-at-the-ides-of-march-premiere/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/10/scenes-from-the-red-carpet-at-the-ides-of-march-premiere/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:13:22 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214393 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/10/scenes-from-the-red-carpet-at-the-ides-of-march-premiere/feed/ 0 George Clooney and Paul Giamatti stop for a chat http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/sarah-polley-on-married-life-seth-rogen-and-who-left-her-starstruck/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/sarah-polley-on-married-life-seth-rogen-and-who-left-her-starstruck/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:57:23 +0000 Jonathan McKinnell http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214120 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/sarah-polley-on-married-life-seth-rogen-and-who-left-her-starstruck/feed/ 0 Brian D. Johnson interviews the Canadian actor http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/tiff-sports-brad-pitt-hits-a-home-run-chris-nilan-grinds-through-habs-rehab/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/tiff-sports-brad-pitt-hits-a-home-run-chris-nilan-grinds-through-habs-rehab/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:00:45 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213934 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/09/tiff-sports-brad-pitt-hits-a-home-run-chris-nilan-grinds-through-habs-rehab/feed/ 0 Pitt finally shines with the lustre of a latter-day Warren Beatty or Robert Redford http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/08/red-hot-ryan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/08/red-hot-ryan/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:30:36 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213767 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/08/red-hot-ryan/feed/ 1 As TIFF ignites the fall season of serious movies, no one is creating more heat than Gosling http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/07/whats-hot-at-tiff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/07/whats-hot-at-tiff/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:25:40 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212977 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/07/whats-hot-at-tiff/feed/ 0 Plunging into the deep end with Ryan Gosling, Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe, Elizabeth Olsen, George Clooney, Vanessa Paradis . . . http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/forget-gosling-pitt-and-clooney%e2%80%94check-out-the-children/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/forget-gosling-pitt-and-clooney%e2%80%94check-out-the-children/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:05:21 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213026 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/forget-gosling-pitt-and-clooney%e2%80%94check-out-the-children/feed/ 0 Some of TIFF's brightest stars are unknown kids acting without a net http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/bono-madonna-and-neil-young-walk-into-a-bar-looking-for-brando/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/bono-madonna-and-neil-young-walk-into-a-bar-looking-for-brando/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:35:52 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213006 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/bono-madonna-and-neil-young-walk-into-a-bar-looking-for-brando/feed/ 0 There's no shortage of rock stars at this year's TIFF http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/scaling-the-everest-of-festivals/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/scaling-the-everest-of-festivals/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:25:49 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213001 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/06/scaling-the-everest-of-festivals/feed/ 0 Every year, TIFF seems to get bigger. This year is no different. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/what-oscar-likes-in-a-woman/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/what-oscar-likes-in-a-woman/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:00:15 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=151051 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/what-oscar-likes-in-a-woman/feed/ 0 Best Actors play psychos, but Best Actress winners have to be noble crusaders http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/01/fubars-terry-and-dean/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/01/fubars-terry-and-dean/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:42:50 +0000 Tom Henheffer http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=150188 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/01/fubars-terry-and-dean/feed/ 0 On their new film, Stephen Harper, and life as hoser icons http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/tiff-newsmakers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/tiff-newsmakers/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:00:35 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148599 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/24/tiff-newsmakers/feed/ 0 Hilary Swank cleans up for the cameras, the Boss is still working, and the FUBAR guys have some advice for the PM http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/hollywoods-new-heroine-the-skank/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/hollywoods-new-heroine-the-skank/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:00:55 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147266 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/hollywoods-new-heroine-the-skank/feed/ 0 New teen comedies from young male directors are ‘feminist filmmaking’ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/bill-gates-in-conversation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/bill-gates-in-conversation/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:17:20 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147659 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/21/bill-gates-in-conversation/feed/ 0 Including the huge textbooks, and why bad teachers have to go http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/top-9-worst-moments-of-tiff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/top-9-worst-moments-of-tiff/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:19:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148256 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/top-9-worst-moments-of-tiff/feed/ 0 Spacey, Portman and a movie that makes you faint all make the list http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/best-moments-of-tiff-2010/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/best-moments-of-tiff-2010/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:25:07 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148254 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/best-moments-of-tiff-2010/feed/ 0 From Martin Sheen picketing to Woody Allen aging, it was a fest to remember http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/the-top-10-films-of-tiff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/the-top-10-films-of-tiff/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:48:49 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148223 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/20/the-top-10-films-of-tiff/feed/ 0 Critic Brian D. Johnson makes his picks http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/19/148236/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/19/148236/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:06:15 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148236 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/19/148236/feed/ 0 A period drama about British royalty was voted most popular picture at TIFF http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/18/men-with-beards-joaquin-phoenix-vincent-gallo-and-armadillo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/18/men-with-beards-joaquin-phoenix-vincent-gallo-and-armadillo/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:04:59 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148185 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/18/men-with-beards-joaquin-phoenix-vincent-gallo-and-armadillo/feed/ 0 In a world of verite fakery, 'Armadillo' is a ground-breaking combat documentary http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/ben-affleck-hits-the-town/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/ben-affleck-hits-the-town/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:37:35 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=148134 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/ben-affleck-hits-the-town/feed/ 0 With Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen and Robert Redford on the fade, there's a new actor-director in town http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/steve-nash-on-terry-fox-video/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/steve-nash-on-terry-fox-video/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:49:59 +0000 Tom Henheffer http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147648 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/steve-nash-on-terry-fox-video/feed/ 0 It's hard to believe there could be any aspect of Fox's story left to tell—but don't dismiss the documentary 'Into the Wind' http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/newsmakers-39/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/newsmakers-39/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:23 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147202 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/17/newsmakers-39/feed/ 0 James Franco’s newest reinvention, a dolphin that goes fishing, Prince embraces the medium formerly known as print http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/werner-herzog-emerges-from-the-cave/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/werner-herzog-emerges-from-the-cave/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:59:30 +0000 Tom Henheffer http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147913 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/werner-herzog-emerges-from-the-cave/feed/ 0 Herzog on his new documentary, 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/sexing-up-spitzer-in-tiffs-year-of-the-doc/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/sexing-up-spitzer-in-tiffs-year-of-the-doc/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:24:57 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147612 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/sexing-up-spitzer-in-tiffs-year-of-the-doc/feed/ 0 "I hate to put this crudely, but he was a trying-to-get-his money's worth type of client" http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/ode-to-the-short-film/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/ode-to-the-short-film/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:47:45 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147437 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/ode-to-the-short-film/feed/ 0 The neglected half of TIFF that shouldn't be http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/springsteen-talks-dylan-darkness-and-the-survivor-guilt-of-fame/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/springsteen-talks-dylan-darkness-and-the-survivor-guilt-of-fame/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:57:09 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147362 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/springsteen-talks-dylan-darkness-and-the-survivor-guilt-of-fame/feed/ 0 "The artists we love, they put their fingerprint on your imagination, and on your heart and your soul" http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/sassy-cassel-and-perfect-portman/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/sassy-cassel-and-perfect-portman/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:08:32 +0000 Stephanie Findlay http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147304 Black Swan come out for a subdued trek down the red carpet]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/sassy-cassel-and-perfect-portman/feed/ 0 The stars of Black Swan come out for a subdued trek down the red carpet