film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, except you’re way too scared to actually ask out the girl you like. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see Youth … more…
I say it’s about time, as we enter the second decade of the 21st century, to put behind us all that nonsense about ‘feminism’ and undignified female self-determination. Yes, we ladies must at last put down our feet daintily clad in $600 shoes and say: No more.
Here’s a fucking newsflash from the 20th century: A woman can propose marriage to a man whenever the hell she wants, and not just on a day that comes around only once every four years. “I’m not gonna die without getting engaged”? What the fuck kind of retro shit is this? Why, Amy Adams? Why? … more…
