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Home » Rian Johnson

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a detective in a blue button-down shirt stands in front of three others
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

by Maxwell Rabb December 22, 2022December 20, 2022

Glass Onion introduces us to the eclectic cast of characters with a puzzling invitation. And I mean that literally.

Posted inFilm

Skywalker rises above slippery story slopes

by Matt Simonette December 19, 2019August 18, 2021

The script is sometimes wanting, but Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a fun conclusion to the movie saga.

Posted inFilm

Luke Skywalker still has lessons to learn in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

by Leah Pickett December 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Writer-director Rian Johnson honors the franchise’s long history of pedagogy.

Posted inBlogs

This week’s movies, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones September 28, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

A big, lengthy thumbs up for ‘The Brothers Bloom’ and Rian Johnson

by Whet Moser May 22, 2009August 19, 2021

“You’ve felt betrayed but found that the movie was loyal after all. You’ve cared about blatantly artificial characters. You’ve regained some of your humanity, and some of your faith in it.”

Posted inBlogs

Opening this week

by J.R. Jones May 22, 2009August 19, 2021

New films by Kirby Dick, Steven Soderbergh, Olivier Assayas, Atom Egoyan, Carlos Saura, and Rian Johnson.

Posted inBlogs

Johnson shows his Bloom

by Ed M. Koziarski May 22, 2009August 19, 2021

“Brick” director Rian Johnson talks about his new caper film “The Brothers Bloom,” starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz and Rinko Kikuchi, at two Landmark screenings Saturday.

Posted inBlogs

The new, improved art film: more fireballs

by J.R. Jones September 5, 2008August 19, 2021

The Brothers Bloom, Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his oddball noir Brick, premieres at the Toronto film festival.

Posted inFilm

Teenage Noir

by J.R. Jones April 6, 2006August 19, 2021

Rian Johnson re-creates the moral anarchy of a Dashiell Hammett mystery in a modern high school.

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