Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan’s next act

The 30-year-old Québécois director has made eight films in 10 years. He may have outgrown the ‘wunderkind’ label, but he’s got plenty of time to reboot his career.

Candid Cannes: The mother of all festivals caught on camera

Brian D. Johnson was Maclean’s correspondent in Cannes. And he took his camera.

For Canadians, Cannes is only the end of the world

Three Canadian-directed films premiered at Cannes. Xavier Dolan’s latest was on the festival’s front burner.

Cannes Day 1: Woody Allen, Xavier Dolan (déja vu!) & what’s hot*

*Not Donald Sutherland! Longtime Maclean’s film critic Brian D. Johnson on the Cannes Film Festival’s highlights—and opening day’s oddball moments

Blown away by Xavier Dolan’s ‘Mommy’

Brian D. Johnson on Quebec’s enfant terrible

Jean-Marc Vallée: Film’s redemption man

The Quebec director has been saving Hollywood stars. Now he’s doing the same for Canadian cinema.

TIFF 2014 Diary: How do you like it so far?

Highlights from the first two days of the festival, including partying with Jake Gyllenhaal and diving into the latest Cronenberg

Cannes gives Golden Palm to ‘Winter Sleep’

Xavier Dolan takes bronze, and Julianne Moore wins best actress for Cronenberg’s ‘Maps to the Stars’

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Actress! Actress! Female performances ruled Cannes

As the competition wraps, we rate the hits and misses, and weigh the odds on the Palme d’Or

How did a maple syrup heist movie slip through our fingers?

Canada’s film industry has been scooped by Hollywood

TIFF 2013 Diary, Day Six

Highlights from the sixth day of the festival, including Liam Neeson’s toothpick and Errol Morris’s new march to war