film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997
Two new documentaries — one a shrewdly incisive work of journalism, the other a delicately elegant tale of injustice and friendship — tell all-but-forgotten histories of Black America. Of America.
Passion, creativity, and suspense in stillness… [A teaser of an essay for Patreon patrons and Substack subscribers only.]
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Hundreds of cable channels. Hulu. Netflix. Lovefilm. On-demand. A century of movies, 60 years of TV… How to choose?
Plus: political activism lands Mark Ruffalo on terror watchlist; jail time for modifying Xbox 360s; BP will make a movie about Gulf oil spill; more…
Back in March, I bitched about how ABC had pulled its broadcast feeds from Cablevision, my cable provider, over fee disputes. And now the same thing is happening again, with Fox…
With the long-awaited DVD release of Max Headroom arriving next week, I’ve been thinking about what other shows deserve to get DVD releases that are lingering in the ether. After the jump, a few I’d love to see.
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
It’s been my dream for ages: everything online. Old TV shows, every movie ever made, everything on demand all time. I don’t want to flip over to Turner Classic Movies and watch whatever old movie it’s deigning to air at that moment — I want to tune my Internet-ready HDTV to TCM’s Web site and … more…
