movie of the moment…
MaryAnn’s quick take: Rosamund Pike is perfection in intellectual romance Radioactive, an unsentimental portrait of Marie Curie, a woman striving to be appreciated for her mind at a time even more anti-woman than today. Feminist and flinty. Read the review…
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latest reviews
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- Disclosure documentary review: what the sorry state of trans representation onscreen means for everyone (#Netflix)
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maryann sez…
- it’s too hot to think; my laptop concurs
- I’m back for more BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again today, Saturday, August 1st
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- have you found a new movie normal?
- my 2020 film ranking at the year’s midway point
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- as I’ve been saying: YES, the cultural context and content of a film MATTERS
- I pledge not to review any new movie available only in cinemas as long as COVID-19 remains a danger
- I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again this Saturday, June 13th
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- my 2020 film ranking is filling out… even with cinemas closed
- movies by or about women opening US/Can Mar 13
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- herewith the ‘Cats’ trailer, because OMG
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