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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 14

movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 14

Sat Feb 15 2020, 12:01am | 0 comments

Olympic Dreams movie review: coming in from the emotional cold

Olympic Dreams movie review: coming in from the emotional cold

Thu Feb 13 2020, 11:19am | 0 comments

Richard Jewell movie review: innocent man, guilty movie

Richard Jewell movie review: innocent man, guilty movie

Thu Dec 12 2019, 04:18pm | 0 comments

movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Oct 03

movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Oct 03

Fri Oct 05 2018, 10:55pm | 0 comments

movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Aug 15

movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Aug 15

Fri Aug 17 2018, 11:40pm | 0 comments

movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Wed Aug 15

movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Wed Aug 15

Fri Aug 17 2018, 03:13pm | 0 comments

Icarus documentary review: on athletes’ compromised wings

Icarus documentary review: on athletes’ compromised wings

Wed Feb 28 2018, 10:18pm | 1 comment

Eddie the Eagle movie review: white man can’t jump, much

Eddie the Eagle movie review: white man can’t jump, much

Tue Mar 29 2016, 04:59pm | 54 comments

London photos: Paralympics remembered

London photos: Paralympics remembered

Wed Aug 27 2014, 12:16am | 0 comments

The Crash Reel review (Sheffield Doc/Fest)

The Crash Reel review (Sheffield Doc/Fest)

Thu Jul 04 2013, 02:45pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Why did Summer 2012 flop at the North American office?

Wed Sep 05 2012, 08:06am | 0 comments

question of the day: Do you turn on the TV out of habit, hoping to find something to watch, or only when you know there’s something you don’t want to miss?

Fri Aug 24 2012, 08:00am | 0 comments

London photo of the day: patriotic underpants

Mon Aug 20 2012, 12:01am | 0 comments

what if every Olympic sport was photographed like beach volleyball? (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed Aug 15 2012, 12:19am | 0 comments

question of the day: Has the Olympics been a break from the excesses of reality TV, or just another example of the same?

Mon Aug 13 2012, 08:00am | 0 comments

London photo of the day: Olympics medals don’t grow on trees, you know…

Sat Aug 11 2012, 11:04pm | 0 comments

Darth Vader meets Batman, on the subway (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat Aug 11 2012, 10:55pm | 0 comments

London photo of the day: sod the Olympics

Fri Aug 10 2012, 11:26pm | 0 comments

nice analysis of why Princess Leia is so damn cool (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Aug 10 2012, 11:11pm | 0 comments

London photo of the day: Olympic guides in Trafalgar Square

Fri Aug 10 2012, 12:12am | 0 comments

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (review)

Thu Aug 09 2012, 02:27pm | 0 comments

London photo of the day: the baleful glare of Wenlock

Wed Aug 08 2012, 11:54pm | 0 comments

question of the day: What piece of music do you wish had been used in a movie so you could see the visuals and story that go with it?

Wed Aug 08 2012, 09:48am | 0 comments

London photo of the day: just don’t drive during the Olympics, okay?

Tue Aug 07 2012, 11:29pm | 0 comments

film and modern Olympics born within six months of each other in mid 1890s (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue Aug 07 2012, 11:06pm | 0 comments

question of the day: What pop songs always remind you of the films they were used in?

Tue Aug 07 2012, 11:46am | 0 comments

London photo of the day: it is balloon!

Mon Aug 06 2012, 11:42pm | 0 comments

big-name SF writers of 1987 make predictions about life in 2012 (and other adventures in social networking)

Mon Aug 06 2012, 11:31pm | 0 comments

London photo of the day: Olympic countup?

Sun Aug 05 2012, 10:54pm | 0 comments

is this really a collection of Terry Gilliam’s notes and sketches? (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun Aug 05 2012, 10:39pm | 0 comments

didn’t realize I should be in love with Jimmy Fallon (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun Aug 05 2012, 12:45am | 0 comments

Sherlock Holmes meets steampunk Iron Man (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed Aug 01 2012, 01:26am | 0 comments

a celebration of London, starring Benedict Cumberbatch (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun Jul 29 2012, 11:30pm | 0 comments

question of the weekend: Is the Olympics relevant anymore?

Sat Jul 28 2012, 08:14am | 0 comments

bonus Twenty Twelve goodness (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat Jul 28 2012, 01:31am | 0 comments

question of the day: Will you watch the Olympics opening ceremony?

Fri Jul 27 2012, 12:32pm | 0 comments

London photo of the day: “look into my eye…”

Tue Jul 24 2012, 11:18pm | 0 comments

Rush Limbaugh’s awesome and insane Bane/Bain conspiracy theory (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu Jul 19 2012, 12:48am | 0 comments

Mad Men-inspired McDonalds uniforms (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri Jul 13 2012, 11:13pm | 2 comments

Twenty Twelve/The Games (review)

Tue Jul 10 2012, 04:29pm | 1 comment

London photo of the day: the 1,200-meter security-line crawl

Thu Jun 28 2012, 01:13am | 0 comments

London photo of the day: this way to the Olympics

Wed Jun 27 2012, 01:21am | 0 comments

London photo of the day: when bus drivers strike!

Sat Jun 23 2012, 01:42am | 0 comments

Fast Girls (trailer)

Tue May 01 2012, 01:27pm | 0 comments

I think we need to get “The War on Art” trending as an idea (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue Apr 17 2012, 12:50am | 0 comments

London photo of the day: under construction

Fri Sep 16 2011, 12:05am | 0 comments

wtf: can’t sleep, London Olympics mascots will kill me

Fri May 21 2010, 05:24pm | 14 comments

watch it: the 2/27/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama

Sat Feb 27 2010, 03:05pm | 0 comments

Television Under the Swastika (review)

Mon Aug 18 2008, 03:09pm | 1 comment

Chariots of Fire (review)

Fri Mar 05 1999, 10:45pm | 0 comments

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