movie of the moment…
MaryAnn’s quick take: It’s hard to escape the sense that Ari Aster is, in Midsommar, getting off on Florence Pugh sobbing and screaming as he fetishizes her terror and torment. And none of it is in the pursuit of any meaning or message. Read the review…
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latest reviews
- Armstrong documentary review: the man we put on the Moon
- Vita & Virginia movie review: the 1920s London literary scene, drained of all passion
- Midsommar movie review: välkommen to weird Ikea
- Maiden documentary review: around the world in feminist ways
- Apollo 11 documentary review: you are there, on the Moon (#SundanceLondon2019)
- Support the Girls movie review: everyone’s workplace should be this warm and happy
- In Fabric movie review: retail shock therapy
- Yesterday movie review: imagine there’s no Beatles…
- Endzeit (Ever After) movie review: there will come soft rains
- Brightburn movie review: villainy, celebrated
- Toy Story 4 movie review: recycled playthings… again
- The Grand Expedition immersive dining experience — the review
2019’s films, ranked by maryann
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maryann sez…
- lighter than usual posting through the end of the month…
- new science-fiction flash fiction: “Mixed and Matched”
- movies by or about women opening US/Can Jul 12
- movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jul 12
- movies by or about women opening US/Can Jul 03–05
- movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jul 03–05
- new science-fiction flash fiction (FREEBIE!): “The Day of Broken Glass”
- introducing arthouse streaming service OVID, an essential source for serious cinema lovers
- movies by or about women opening US/Can Jun 26–28
- movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jun 28
- new science-fiction flash fiction: “The Resistance Will Not Be Monetized”
- in 2010 I asked you: ‘What would you like to see in a Toy Story 4?’ (let’s revisit the replies)
- movies by or about women opening US/Can Jun 21
- movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jun 21
- new science-fiction flash fiction: “Secrets of the Universe”
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finest internets
- curated: bonding over movies is in our genes
- herewith the ‘Cats’ trailer, because OMG
- curated: “The Dominance of the White Male Critic”
- curated: Mark Rylance quits Royal Shakespeare Company over BP sponsorship
- curated: fundie Christians demand Netflix cancel Amazon Prime’s Good Omens
- curated: an all-male creative team for a Bene Gesserit TV series?
- the dystopia is here, part 2
- the dystopia is here
- curated: how has no one made a movie about Aloha Wanderwell yet?!
- curated: always be nyuk-nyuk-ing Nazis
- curated: were the works attributed to Shakespeare written by a woman?
- curated: a brief history of spoilers
- curated: explaining Captain Marvel’s vitally important, gamechanging character arc
- curated: toys of Japanese monsters giving press conferences to apologize for destroying cities
- curated: White Savior: The Movie Trailer
- curated: the arts contribute more to the US economy than agriculture or transportation
