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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

Sculpting Time: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky movie retrospective review: tragedy, trauma, and torment, Russian-style

Sculpting Time: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky movie retrospective review: tragedy, trauma, and torment, Russian-style

Fri May 20 2016, 04:57pm | 3 comments

why movies like Under the Skin and Nymphomaniac are not feminist

why movies like Under the Skin and Nymphomaniac are not feminist

Mon Apr 14 2014, 03:17pm | 86 comments

Nymphomaniac review: behold the alien Woman

Nymphomaniac review: behold the alien Woman

Thu Mar 20 2014, 05:26pm | 104 comments

see Nymphomaniac Parts 1 and 2 back-to-back in the UK, Sat Feb 22nd only

Fri Feb 21 2014, 03:10pm | 34 comments

if we lived in a movie world that wasn’t sexist (ahem: Nymphomaniac)

if we lived in a movie world that wasn’t sexist (ahem: Nymphomaniac)

Thu May 02 2013, 02:32pm | 37 comments

Melancholia (review)

Wed Nov 02 2011, 05:13pm | 2 comments

blame Twitter for Wil Wheaton’s nonblogging; ‘Shit My Dad Says’ shitcanned; Catherine Tate may take over ‘The Office’; more: leftover links

Sun May 22 2011, 10:46pm | 0 comments

watch it: “Denmark Introduces Harrowing New Tourism Ads Directed By Lars Von Trier”

Tue Mar 23 2010, 02:55pm | 0 comments

because Hollywood is — truly and at last — creatively bankrupt

Thu Feb 18 2010, 07:03pm | 15 comments

my week at the movies: ‘Antichrist,’ ‘The Final Destination,’ ‘The Damned United,’ ‘American Casino,’ ‘The Baader Meinhof Complex’

Tue Aug 25 2009, 12:00am | 4 comments

trailer break: ‘Antichrist’

Wed Aug 12 2009, 11:09am | 5 comments

question of the day: What film would you ban, and why?

Wed Aug 12 2009, 10:22am | 18 comments

no more sitting down and shutting up for women in Hollywood?

Fri May 22 2009, 05:11pm | 14 comments

best writing and direction of 2004: cut and print…

Wed Mar 02 2005, 06:00pm | 0 comments

best and worst movies of 2004 (and why I’m gonna spend a lot of money on DVDs)

Wed Dec 29 2004, 11:14am | 0 comments

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