Has Winnipeg’s Greatest Filmmaker Gone Hollywood?
In a directorial career defined by alluring strangeness, Guy Maddin’s new comedy is radical for being almost … normal.
New Republic4d
Guy Maddin’s Surreal Summit at the End of the World
One could argue that, at this point, this particular brand of grandstanding centrist rhetoric is beyond parody. Enter the Canadian trio of Guy Maddin ... pulsating brain that looks like a prop ...
Roger Ebert6d
When You’re Angry, You’re Already Losing: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson on “Rumours”
Over the last forty years, the singular artist Guy Maddin has been celebrated as one of Canada’s most well-known and idiosyncratic filmmakers. Hailing from Winnipeg, Maddin’s films are a genre unto ...
Chicago Sun-Times3d
'Rumours' depicts G7 leaders as idiots, and then does it some more
Bleecker Street Share Points should be awarded to “Rumours” for the admirably eccentric idea of combining a political satire in the tradition of “Being There” and “The Death of Stalin ...
The Washington Post3d
‘Rumours’: It’s the end of the world, and Guy Maddin feels fine
“Rumours” is an unexpected development in the career of Canadian filmmaking maverick Guy Maddin ... although Maddin has always seemed to march to his own unique brain chemistry.
Daily Herald3d
It’s the end of the world, and Guy Maddin feels fine in ‘Rumours’
“Rumours” is an unexpected development in the career of Canadian filmmaking maverick Guy Maddin ... although Maddin has always seemed to march to his own unique brain chemistry.
Winnipeg Free Press4d
Guy Maddin satire skewers G7 leaders. Cate Blanchett says it felt like a documentary
TORONTO - Even from her native Australia, Cate Blanchett has long felt a connection to Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin’s quirky ... and a mysterious giant brain. The film also stars Alicia ...