Posted inMovies Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow masterfully turns the Western genre on its head A five-star review Maryann JohansonJuly 22, 2020July 7, 2025 A five-star review
Posted inMovies ‘The Old Guard,’ streaming now on Netflix, immerses us in genuine feeling even as it embraces comic-book tropes Immortal beloveds Maryann JohansonJuly 15, 2020August 3, 2023
Posted inMovies Netflix doc ‘Disclosure’ exposes the sorry state of trans visibility on screen Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Maryann JohansonJuly 1, 2020July 8, 2024
Posted inMovies Sundance-winning feature ‘Miss Juneteenth’ debut finds the divine in the mundane Amazing grace Maryann JohansonJune 17, 2020August 3, 2023
Posted inMovies ‘How to Build a Girl’ takes on the making of that weird creature, a teenaged girl Maryann JohansonMay 6, 2020July 3, 2024
Posted inMovies ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ is the best film of 2020. That’s it Maryann JohansonApril 8, 2020February 16, 2025
Posted inMovies In ‘Blow the Man Down,’ writer-directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy give the crime-noir genre a feminist rethink Maine event Maryann JohansonApril 1, 2020July 28, 2024
Posted inMovies Oscar-snubbed ‘Little Women’ and ‘Hustlers’ are the same movie Little hustlers Maryann JohansonJanuary 22, 2020June 29, 2024
Posted inMovies Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ is a meta modern masterwork Big chick energy Maryann JohansonDecember 25, 2019June 16, 2025
Posted inMovies Harriet Tubman finally gets the cinematic attention she deserves in ‘Harriet’ Maryann JohansonOctober 30, 2019August 3, 2023
Posted inMovies Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe flips the script on a lot of rom-com tropes Baby steps Maryann JohansonJune 12, 2019July 16, 2025
Posted inMovies Secret Life of Pets sequel is cute, but lazy Man’s okayest friend Maryann JohansonJune 5, 2019September 11, 2023
Posted inMovies Keanu Reeves is the joyless voice of a burnt-out generation in John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum Maryann JohansonMay 15, 2019September 6, 2024
Posted inMovies ‘Long Shot’ surprises by being clever, original and genuinely funny Beating the odds Maryann JohansonMay 1, 2019June 16, 2025
Posted inMovies ‘Shazam!’ tries to be a super-hero film about nothing, succeeds Captain mediocre Maryann JohansonApril 3, 2019August 3, 2023
Posted inMovies Remastered classic ‘Doctor Who’ story hits the big screen for one night only What’s up, Doc? Maryann JohansonMarch 6, 2019May 26, 2025
Posted inMovies Daniel Day-Lewis retires on a high note in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’ Turn to the left Maryann JohansonJanuary 24, 2018May 18, 2025
Posted inMovies Darren Aronofsky’s latest, ‘Mother!,’ slathers an arty veneer on ages-old misogyny One bad Mother! Maryann JohansonSeptember 13, 2017July 16, 2025
Posted inMovies ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ caps off the most consistently satisfying sci-fi trilogy in years Apes together strong Maryann JohansonJuly 12, 2017June 3, 2024
Posted inMovies ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ isn’t as edgy or funny as it thinks it is Maryann JohansonApril 26, 2017June 23, 2024