I’m MaryAnn Johanson: writer and ponderer from New York City now living in London who thinks way too much about such inconsequences as movies, TV, books, and the meaning of life.
I founded FlickFilosopher.com in September 1997, which means it’s one of the oldest film sites on the Web. It has been operating continually since then.
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[contact: maryann@flickfilosopher.com]
Read my critic’s minifestoes for my philosophies on criticism.
My film reviews have appeared regularly in a variety of alternative weekly newspapers across the United States, including:
• Salt Lake City Weekly
• The Source Weekly (Bend, OR)
• Orlando Weekly
• Riverfront Times (St. Louis)
• Detroit Metro Times
• Current (San Antonio, TX)
• Folio Weekly (Jacksonville, FL)
• Isthmus (Madison, WI)
• Charleston (SC) City Paper
• Colorado Springs Independent
• Pacific Northwest Inlander (Spokane, WA)
• Monterey County (CA) Weekly
• Missoula Independent
• Rocky Mountain Chronicle (Fort Collins, CO)
• North Coast Journal (Humboldt County, CA)
• Sacramento News&Review
• Wausau (WI) City Pages
• Cincinnati City Beat
• Ace Weekly (Lexington, KY)
Executive Member:
• International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (the Webbys)
Member:
• Online Film Critics Society
• Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Reviews polled at:
• Movie Review Query Engine (top critic)
• Rotten Tomatoes (Tomatometer critic)
At Amazon:
• Amazon US author page
• Amazon UK author page
Print and online credits:
• The List
• Independent Lens
• IndieWire
• Film4.com
• movieScope magazine
• Film.com (2006-2011) (articles now at MTV.com)
• Video Librarian (2004-2009)
• Apollo Guide
• Archaeology
• Film Threat
• Wilmington (Delaware) News Journal
• Blockbuster Preview
• The Internet Review of Science Fiction
• Yahoo! Internet Life
• New York Living
• Staten Island Advance
• My AOL
• The Encyclopedia of US Popular Culture
• Staten Island Source
Author of:
• Cultural Artifacts, a collection of science fiction/fantasy/horror flash fiction
Kindle/Kindle Unlimited: global
• The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride, a deconstruction of the cult-favorite film
Kindle/Kindle Unlimited: global
• Bronx Cheer: A Romantic Dramedy Screenplay
Kindle/Kindle Unlimited: [Amazon US] [Amazon Canada] [Amazon UK]
• Cat and Mouse: A Screenplay of Psychological Suspense
Kindle/Kindle Unlimited: [Amazon US] [Amazon Canada] [Amazon UK]
Film festival juries:
• Best Female-Directed Film (Narrative), 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 39th Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival (2014)
• Best Female-Directed Film, 2013 Sheffield Doc/Fest
• Best Female-Directed Film, 2012 Sheffield Doc/Fest
• Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Festival, 2003 I-Con, the largest SF convention on the US East Coast
Professional appearances, talks, lectures, etc.:
• SpyHards, “American Made,” January 10, 2023: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Castro | SpyHards; “Zero Dark Thirty,” January 11, 2022: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Castro | SpyHards (podcast discussion)
• Ribbon of Memes, “Cinema, Paradiso,” January 15, 2022: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Ribbon of Memes; “Paris, Texas,” November 13, 2021: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Ribbon of Memes (podcast discussion)
• British Film Institute’s Woman with a Movie Camera Summit 2021, “The Rise and Fall of the Girl Boss” (watch on YouTube), “Times Up Critics UK Panel: Behind the Bylines” (panel discussions)
• BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour,” August 1, 2020; June 13, 2020; March 14, 2020; January 4, 2020; September 7, 2019; June 15, 2019; March 30, 2019; January 12, 2019; October 7, 2018; March 4, 2018; November 12, 2017; October 15, 2017; July 30, 2017; January 1, 2017 (discussion)
• Hoxton Radio’s “Hoxton Movies,” May 2, 2019 (discussion)
• Royal Albert Hall, October 2018: hosted screening of a film sneak preview, moderated postscreening Q&A
• BBC Radio 4’s “Front Row,” December 22, 2017 (discussion)
• Underwire Festival, November 2015: “Wired Women: Voice It Out – Find Your Editorial Power” (panel discussion; listen here)
• University of Southampton (UK) Web Science Doctoral Training Centre, May 2013: “Challenges and Opportunities of the Web” (lecture with Q&A)
• St. Peter’s RC Primary School, Leicestershire, UK, June 2012; half-day programs speaking to 10- and 11-year-olds about Doctor Who and media criticism
• University of Southampton (UK) Web Science Doctoral Training Centre, October 2011: “How the Net Devalues Creative Work” (lecture with Q&A)
• GRITtv with Laura Flanders, February 2010: “GRITtv Goes to the Oscars” (TV panel discussion)
• Fusion Film Festival at New York University, February 2009: “Smart Talk: Women and Film in the Blogosphere” (panel discussion)
• Court TV’s Hollywood Heat, December 2006 (TV interview)
• panel discussions at science fiction conventions including multiple WorldCons, Philcons, Boskones, Arisias, I-Cons, and Lunacons
• BBC Radio, London’s LBC radio, and local radio programs across North America (on-air interviews)
I was a nominee for Best Online Critic in the 2010 National Entertainment Journalism Awards, awarded by the Los Angeles Press Club.
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