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.
Brian D. Johnson was Maclean’s correspondent in Cannes. And he took his camera.
Three Canadian-directed films premiered at Cannes. Xavier Dolan’s latest was on the festival’s front burner.
*Not Donald Sutherland! Longtime Maclean’s film critic Brian D. Johnson on the Cannes Film Festival’s highlights—and opening day’s oddball moments
Brian D. Johnson on Quebec’s enfant terrible
The Quebec director has been saving Hollywood stars. Now he’s doing the same for Canadian cinema.
Highlights from the first two days of the festival, including partying with Jake Gyllenhaal and diving into the latest Cronenberg
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Xavier Dolan takes bronze, and Julianne Moore wins best actress for Cronenberg’s ‘Maps to the Stars’
As the competition wraps, we rate the hits and misses, and weigh the odds on the Palme d’Or
Canada’s film industry has been scooped by Hollywood
Highlights from the sixth day of the festival, including Liam Neeson’s toothpick and Errol Morris’s new march to war