Tagged Rian Johnson

This film was previously reviewed in September 2022 as part of our TIFF coverage. From writer-director Rian Johnson, the highly anticipated Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery features an impressive lineup of...

Rian Johnson is a man who loves breaking rules. He broke just about every rule in the book when he was given the reins to Star Wars, and some of the most unpleasant people on the internet are still giving him...

We've finally reached the end of the latest Star Wars saga. It's a bit of a relief, really. The back-and-forth debates over the pros and cons of The Force Awakens vs. The Last Jedi will never be settled but...

Whodunnits are never just about who did it. They are about the dynamic between head and heart – how and why someone takes the ultimate decision to kill another. Writer-director Rian Johnson understands this...

One of the best moments in Star Wars: The Last Jedi comes early on. During one of many desperate, skin-of-their teeth escapes, victory or death for the Resistance (the new moniker for the Rebel Alliance) ...

*Spoilers within this article* Star Wars has reinvigorated the event blockbuster. In a time of cinematic universes and sequels scrambling for space on a crowded schedule, audiences are spoilt for choice; no...

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This is not going to go the way you think! —Luke Skywalker, The Last Jedi Ambiguity (noun). The quality of being open to more than one...

This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Imagine getting to make a Star Wars movie. Imagine the millions upon millions of dollars Lucasfilm would leave in your lap. Imagine the stellar...

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Two years ago, when Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released, we returned to the galaxy far, far away to find it just the way we left...

The Last Jedi is going to make Rian Johnson a star. Since Summer 2014, the film world has waited in heady anticipation for not only the true follow-up to legendary sequel Empire Strikes Back, but also this...

Every sequel ever made is royally screwed. Those poor filmmakers can go back to their hit movies with the purest intentions and the best bundle of influences, but how many second instalments can really hold a...

Spoiler Warning: The Brothers Bloom is best watched with little foreknowledge. This article explicitly discusses the ending. The Last Jedi should provide Rian Johnson with an interesting balancing act. The...

When writing his review of Brick for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers stated that the film’s director, Rian Johnson, ‘risked ridicule’ by setting his neo-noir in a high school. Arguably, the bigger risk was...

In 2004, Shane Carruth stunned the film industry with his visionary debut, Primer. Taking a meticulous and realist approach to the ever-popular sci-fi theme of time travel, his singular vision earned him the...