MaryAnn Johanson

MaryAnn Johanson is a freelance writer on film, TV, DVD, and pop culture from New York City and now based in London. She is the webmaster and sole critic at FlickFilosopher.com, which debuted in 1997 and is now one of the most popular, most respected, and longest-running movie-related sites on the Internet. Her film reviews also appear in a variety of alternative-weekly newspapers across the U.S. Johanson is one of only a few film critics who is a member of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (the Webby organization), an invitation-only, 500-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities. She is also a member of the Online Film Critics Society. She has appeared as a cultural commentator on BBC Radio, LBC-London, and on local radio programs across North America, and she served as a judge at the first Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Festival at the 2003 I-Con, the largest SF convention on the East Coast. She is the author of The Totally Geeky Guide to The Princess Bride, and is an award-winning screenwriter. Read Johanson's recent articles below. For her Women On Film archive, type "MaryAnn Johanson" in the Search Box (upper right corner of screen).

Articles by MaryAnn Johanson

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Apparently, supernatural fantasies for young girls that teach them to hate their own humanity are officially a thing now. Read more>>

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FLIGHT - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Appears to poke, and not kindly, at how our society enables abusers of drugs and alcohol… until it stops being that interesting. Read more>>

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MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

“Angry” doesn’t even begin to cover how this film makes me feel. It probably won’t cover you, either. Read more>>

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BULLET TO THE HEAD - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Damn near unwatchable. It’s barely even a movie — it’s more like a meatbrawl… Read more>>

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ANTIVIRAL - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Disturbing body-horror dark satire that sends up our obsession with celebrity… Read more>>

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AMOUR - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

There have been other stories about longstanding love and the devotion it inspires, but none with quite the wallop of this one… Read more>>

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CHAINED - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Jennifer Lynch lobs an unnerving and provocative grenade into the heart of the horror genre. Read more>>

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QUARTET - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

A lovely film with heartfelt performances from a fantastic cast that focuses on the upsides of getting older… Read more>>

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THE SWEENEY - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

This British attempt to ape Hollywood action movies only looks absurd, even if it does accidentally also hold up most Hollywood action movies as absurd, too… Read more>>

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KOCH - Review by MaryAnn Johanson

Historically compelling, journalistically rigorous, and bursting with Essence of Koch… Read more…

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