Skip to content
  • weekly digest email
  • join my Patreon
  • join my Substack
  • my books
  • about/contact
  • twitter
  • rotten tomatoes
  • letterboxd
  • goodreads
  • pinterest
  • rss
FlickFilosopher.com

handcrafted film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

Substack, Patreon, and Paypal subscriptions have restarted [more]
  • on Netflix
  • movies for the resistance
  • classic film virgin
  • directed by women
    • Where Are the Women? project
  • cinemas
    • US and Canada
    • UK and Ireland
  • dvd/vod
    • US and Canada
    • UK and Ireland
  • 2023’s films ranked
    • 2022’s films ranked
    • 2021’s films ranked
    • 2020’s films ranked
  • all recent posts
    • archives by month
  • all reviews
    • A–M
    • N–Z
    • Oscars Best Pix
    • Oscars Best Animated Pix
  • new comments

Cate Blanchett

the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2022’s films) have been announced

Tue, Jan 24, 2023
no comments yet

Everything Everywhere All at Once leads with 11 nominations. Winners will be announced at the ceremony on March 13th.

| Leave a comment
Online Film Critics Society logo

OFCS 2022 awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 24, 2023
no comments yet

Everything Everywhere All at Once leads with six wins; The Banshees of Inisherin takes fours awards. Twelve films overall earned awards.

| Leave a comment

AWFJ 2022 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 17, 2023
no comments yet

The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Women Talking tie for the most awards, at four apiece.

| Leave a comment

weekend watchlist: the unbearable wait for massive success

Sun, May 22, 2022
no comments yet

Plus a subtle dystopia and a subtle nervous breakdown. (First published April 22nd, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

| Leave a comment

Don’t Look Up movie review: is the sky falling?

Fri, Jan 14, 2022
10 comments

I laughed a lot while also feeling sick to my stomach. As subtle as a sledgehammer, almost obnoxious… and yet it might as well be a documentary. Is it elegant? Is it art? Who the fuck cares?

| 10 Comments

movies by or about women opening US/Can Aug 14–16

Fri, Aug 16, 2019
no comments yet

Holly Gent cowrites mystery dramedy Where’d You Go, Bernadette, starring Cate Blanchett; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

| Leave a comment

movies by or about women opening US/Can Aug 09

Sun, Aug 11, 2019
no comments yet

Andrea Berloff writes and directs The Kitchen, starring Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, and Tiffany Haddish; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

| Leave a comment

The House with a Clock in Its Walls movie review: good witches and not-so-good witches

Tue, Sep 18, 2018
10 comments

Charming entry-level spookiness and nicely old-fashioned eeriness for budding fright fans. A disarmingly goofy Jack Black and a vamping-it-up Cate Blanchett meet in a comic middle that is perfectly pitched.

| 10 Comments

movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Mon Jun 18

Fri, Jun 22, 2018
no comments yet

Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett plan a heist, Diane Kruger plots revenge, and more…

| Leave a comment

Ocean’s Eight movie review: revenge of the women

Thu, Jun 14, 2018
26 comments

Breezy fun that sticks a shiv into Hollywood’s — and the larger culture’s — disdain for women. Wonderfully subtle comic performances from a great cast having a ball make for a perfectly suitable light diversion from the world right now.

| 26 Comments
Older posts
Page1 Page2 … Page4 Next →

sf/f/h flash fiction by me

Cultural Artifacts cover
now on Kindle Unlimited!

try KU for free:
US Amazon
Can Amazon
UK Amazon

please help keep truly independent film criticism alive!
support my work at Patreon  support my work at Substack
Pledge your support now at Patreon or Substack.
FREE weekly digest and daily streaming recommendations via Substack.
Or make a one-time donation via Paypal.

shop to support




Watch on Apple TV

FlickFilosopher.com does not accept ads, guest posts, link placements, or sponsored content.

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

member
Online Film Critics Society


member
Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Tomatometer-approved critic on
Rotten Tomatoes



top critic
Movie Review Query Engine

Amazon US author page
Amazon UK author page


executive member
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Copyright © 1997–2023 MaryAnn Johanson. All rights reserved.
No content appearing on this site may be reproduced, reposted, or reused in any manner without express written permission.
privacy policy | hosted by Fused