EVERY SECRET THING – Review by MaryAnn Johanson

May 17, 2015May 17, 2015 MaryAnn Johanson 0 Comments every secret thing

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Documentarian Amy Berg makes her feature debut with a slow burn of a mystery, one that takes cues from her amazing fact-based films, Deliver Us from Evil and West of Memphis: the banality of evil, the inequities of the criminal justice system, the abuse that can occur when those who are supposed to love and protect the innocent and vulnerable don’t have the best intentions at heart. This isn’t an easy film, not in any way: its pace is contemplative and deliberate; it’s more about puzzling out personality than it is a police procedural; and perhaps most uncomfortably for some viewers, all the major players are female. Read more>>

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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 AWFJ.org archive, type "MaryAnn Johanson" in the Search Box (upper right corner of screen).