movie of the moment…
MaryAnn’s quick take: More movies like Netflix’s Unicorn Store, please: a piquant mix of whimsy and snark; an insistence that it’s not crazy to forge your own oddball path; an embrace of girly uncool. Bring on the weird, difficult women. Read the review…
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latest reviews
- William movie review: weird — and dangerous — science
- The Silence movie review: I have only the faintest of muted praise (#Netflix)
- Unicorn Store movie review: a fantastic beast (#Netflix)
- Greta movie review: twisted sisterhood
- Hail Satan? documentary review: the devil you say
- Red Joan movie review: it doesn’t bomb, but it fizzles
- Dagenham movie review: lost in London
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché documentary review: the movie pioneer you’ve never heard of
- Nervous Translation movie review: home alone, with only her imagination for company
- Wild Nights with Emily movie review: the poetess with the mostest
- Hellboy (2019) movie review: boy, this is hell
- Little movie review: small and slight indeed
2019’s films, ranked by maryann
all reviews, 1997–today
maryann sez…
- which Netflix movie should I review next?
- new flash fiction: it’s another sci-fi body horror
- movies by or about women opening US/Can Apr 17-19
- movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Apr 14-19
- my top 10 films of 2019 (so far)
- my latest sci-fi flash fiction is a teaser of the long serial project I’ve been gearing up for
- movies by or about women opening US/Can Apr 12
- movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Apr 08-12
- movies by or about women opening US/Can Apr 05
- I am writing SF/F/H flash fiction for your amusement (and here’s some more)
- movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Apr 05
- a teaser from my latest flash fiction (a body-horror fairy tale)
- say hello to “(fictional) notes from The British Museum #12”
- movies by or about women opening US/Can Mar 27-29
- I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again this
SundaySaturday, March 30th
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finest internets
- 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
- curated: all worldbuilding is political…
- curated: Emma Thompson’s powerful #MeToo letter to Skydance re John Lasseter’s “second chance”
- curated: it’s not only *digital* journalism that the free market kills…
- curated: YouTube bans videos showing dangerous pranks and stunts
- curated: the da Vinci money-laundering scam to benefit Trump that will make a great movie
- curated: Trump’s misunderstanding of ‘Game of Thrones’ is totally emblematic of our culture today
- curated: “What It’s Like to Be a Female Movie Critic in the #MeToo Era”
- behold 20th Century Fox’s brand-new Christmas trailer… for ‘Die Hard’
- curated: the #MeToo scandal surrounding Geoffrey Rush
- curated: “Using data to determine if Die Hard is a Christmas movie”
- curated: long-lost Kit Harington/Toothless audition tapes surface
- curated: ‘Die Hard’ IS a Christmas movie
