daily stream: just another Scorsese masterpiece
2006’s The Departed leaves US Netflix soon; on Prime and Apple TV in the UK.
loaded question: what’s your dream actor/director pairing, and what kind of movie would they make?
I’m a big fan of Wes Anderson’s brand of humor, and I love the comic style Daniel Craig has embraced as Benoit Blanc. It would be wonderful to see what kind of magic they’d whip up together onscreen.
where (else) to find me online
tl;dr: I use my real name everywhere. If you’re not sure how to find me, search on “MaryAnn Johanson” and that should get you close.
daily stream: a cozy mystery full of comedy, suspense, and feminism
2018’s A Simple Favor is new on Prime in the US, on Lionsgate+ in the UK.
daily stream: a perception-altering movie
2015’s Anomalisa is on Kanopy in the US, Curzon Home Cinema in the UK.
now anyone can join my Patreon, for free!
This makes my Patreon almost exactly the same as my Substack. The only difference is that the Weekly Digest email goes out only via Substack.
daily stream: if you’re enjoying ‘The Bear,’ you might like this
2021’s Boiling Point leaves UK Netflix soon; on Kanopy in the US.
daily stream: the muse’s tale… from her own perspective
2009’s Bright Star is on Prime in the UK, but criminally streaming nowhere in the US.
loaded question: what are some great movies about underappreciated women in history?
And why aren’t there more of them? (Rhetorical question; we know why.) Do you know of a historical woman most of us have never heard of whom you’d love to see a movie about?
My Animal movie review: out of the wilderness (and into a bigger one)
A mysterious, mournful film about proscribed teenaged-girlhood and feral female sexuality. There’s nothing entirely original here, but what it has to say, it says with enormous confidence and panache.
