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film criticism by maryann johanson | since 1997

Official Secrets movie review: blow all the whistles

Official Secrets movie review: blow all the whistles

Mon Sep 23 2019, 08:31pm | 0 comments

I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again this Sunday Saturday, March 30th

Fri Mar 29 2019, 06:37pm | 0 comments

The White Crow movie review: nothing to crow about

The White Crow movie review: nothing to crow about

Fri Mar 29 2019, 02:22pm | 0 comments

movies for the resistance: Schindler’s List

movies for the resistance: Schindler’s List

Mon Dec 03 2018, 05:18pm | 0 comments

Kubo and the Two Strings movie review: quest for family

Kubo and the Two Strings movie review: quest for family

Mon Sep 12 2016, 01:25pm | 11 comments

Spectre movie review: Bond goes backward

Spectre movie review: Bond goes backward

Wed Oct 28 2015, 02:32pm | 14 comments

The Grand Budapest Hotel movie review: best exotic nonsense

The Grand Budapest Hotel movie review: best exotic nonsense

Wed Mar 11 2015, 03:54pm | 4 comments

The Invisible Woman review: sometimes it’s hard to be a woman

The Invisible Woman review: sometimes it’s hard to be a woman

Fri Feb 07 2014, 12:55am | 2 comments

2014 preview: only movies left underived

2014 preview: only movies left underived

Wed Jan 15 2014, 10:19pm | 1 comment

The Invisible Woman trailer: Ralph Fiennes *is* Charles Dickens!

The Invisible Woman trailer: Ralph Fiennes *is* Charles Dickens!

Wed Nov 27 2013, 12:08pm | 4 comments

The Grand Budapest Hotel trailer: oh my god I love Wes Anderson

The Grand Budapest Hotel trailer: oh my god I love Wes Anderson

Mon Oct 21 2013, 01:13pm | 3 comments

cannot contain my excitement for the London Film Festival

cannot contain my excitement for the London Film Festival

Thu Sep 05 2013, 02:17pm | 5 comments

London photo of the day: famous hands

London photo of the day: famous hands

Sat May 18 2013, 02:30am | 1 comment

QOTD: Who are the worst movie couples ever?

Thu Feb 14 2013, 08:00am | 0 comments

Great Expectations (London Film Festival review)

Great Expectations (London Film Festival review)

Fri Nov 30 2012, 04:52pm | 0 comments

Skyfall (review)

Thu Oct 25 2012, 07:10pm | 28 comments

Wrath of the Titans (review)

Fri Mar 30 2012, 10:07am | 0 comments

female gazing extra: crisp white shirt

female gazing extra: crisp white shirt

Sat Dec 17 2011, 05:02pm | 2 comments

Coriolanus (trailer)

Wed Nov 09 2011, 09:00am | 1 comment

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (review)

Wed Jul 13 2011, 08:18pm | 0 comments

female gazing at: Ralph Fiennes

Mon Nov 29 2010, 06:08pm | 0 comments

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (review)

Fri Nov 19 2010, 12:25am | 0 comments

Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection (review)

Wed Oct 13 2010, 03:51pm | 0 comments

Nanny McPhee Returns (aka Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang) (review)

Thu Aug 19 2010, 12:09pm | 2 comments

April 23: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Sat Apr 24 2010, 02:36pm | 0 comments

retro trailer: ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’

Sun Apr 04 2010, 06:17pm | 3 comments

Clash of the Titans (review)

Thu Apr 01 2010, 04:18pm | 34 comments

trailer break: ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’

Fri Mar 26 2010, 12:31pm | 1 comment

The Hurt Locker (review)

Wed Jan 13 2010, 02:31pm | 19 comments

trailer break: ‘The Hurt Locker’

Wed Jun 10 2009, 12:29pm | 4 comments

movie posters in London (part 2)

Fri Feb 13 2009, 08:19pm | 0 comments

The Reader (review)

Wed Dec 31 2008, 01:57pm | 35 comments

my week at the movies: ‘Defiance,’ ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ ‘The Reader,’ ‘Revolutionary Road,’ ‘Gran Torino’

Mon Nov 24 2008, 05:11pm | 0 comments

The Duchess (review)

Sun Sep 28 2008, 07:14pm | 0 comments

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (review)

Tue Jul 10 2007, 11:52am | 32 comments

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (review)

Wed Oct 05 2005, 05:11pm | 0 comments

The English Patient (review)

Sat Mar 20 1999, 10:24pm | 0 comments

Schindler’s List (review)

Wed Mar 17 1999, 04:35pm | 1 comment

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