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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

Becoming documentary review: hope floats (#Netflix)

Becoming documentary review: hope floats (#Netflix)

Tue May 12 2020, 09:39pm | 0 comments

RBG documentary review: though she be but little she is fierce

RBG documentary review: though she be but little she is fierce

Mon Apr 30 2018, 03:38pm | 6 comments

War Dogs movie review: sob havoc over this gun fun run

War Dogs movie review: sob havoc over this gun fun run

Wed Aug 17 2016, 11:58am | 6 comments

Requiem for the American Dream and The Divide documentaries review: economic inequality for all

Requiem for the American Dream and The Divide documentaries review: economic inequality for all

Wed Apr 27 2016, 08:51pm | 2 comments

Truth movie review: when journalistic truth is ugly (#LFF2015)

Truth movie review: when journalistic truth is ugly (#LFF2015)

Thu Nov 05 2015, 03:23pm | 3 comments

Citizenfour documentary review (London Film Festival)

Citizenfour documentary review (London Film Festival)

Thu Oct 23 2014, 02:06pm | 1 comment

The Unknown Known documentary review: let Rumsfeld tell you his evil plan

The Unknown Known documentary review: let Rumsfeld tell you his evil plan

Tue Jul 01 2014, 06:43pm | 13 comments

The Campaign (review)

Wed Oct 24 2012, 09:47pm | 0 comments

The Campaign (trailer)

Wed Aug 01 2012, 11:09am | 0 comments

big corps getting even more entrenched online (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat Jun 16 2012, 12:22am | 0 comments

watch it: two hilariously demented Herman Cain campaign ads

Tue Oct 25 2011, 03:33pm | 0 comments

my reads: ‘In the Shadow of No Towers’ by Art Spiegelman

Sun Sep 12 2010, 03:24pm | 4 comments

wtf: ‘The Other Guys’ insults Wall Street, which is nothing but kind and noble and beneficient

Tue Aug 10 2010, 02:10pm | 1 comment

question of the day: Have we finally entered the post-satire world?

Thu Jun 10 2010, 12:19pm | 4 comments

you’re not helping: ‘Prince of Persia’ and ‘The Last Airbender’ not really whitewashes, Hollywood insists

Tue May 25 2010, 04:21pm | 59 comments

Green Zone (review)

Fri Mar 12 2010, 12:15am | 7 comments

Dear John (review)

Fri Feb 05 2010, 07:11pm | 3 comments

my week at the movies: ‘Shrink,’ ‘In the Loop’

Mon Jun 29 2009, 02:56pm | 2 comments

American Violet (review)

Thu Apr 16 2009, 05:17pm | 3 comments

trailer break: ‘Mutant Chronicles’

Wed Feb 25 2009, 02:02pm | 3 comments

trailer break: ‘Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience’

Mon Feb 23 2009, 10:58am | 22 comments

Frost/Nixon (review)

Mon Jan 26 2009, 01:19am | 3 comments

question of the day: How will the change represented by the incoming Obama administration be reflected in movies, TV, and other pop culture?

Tue Jan 20 2009, 09:27am | 11 comments

An American Carol (review)

Sun Jan 18 2009, 06:46pm | 31 comments

W. (review)

Mon Oct 20 2008, 08:09am | 33 comments

5 reasons I’m psyched for ‘W.’

Tue Sep 30 2008, 08:58am | 2 comments

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (review)

Wed May 11 2005, 11:54pm | 0 comments

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