
Oh, damn, it’s Saturday, isn’t it? Wednesday felt like a Friday, Thanksgiving Day felt like a Saturday, and now the actual Friday and Saturday of this week feel like days out of time. But then tomorrow will feel like a...

...the end of Oprah; sexism hurts everybody; and more. Yes, it’s The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy....

Yesterday, the Online Film Critic Society -- of which I am a member, and I serve on its Governing Committee -- announced our favorite Thankgiving-themed movie (go here to learn which film we picked). Now it’s your turn: What’s your...

I’ve been cooking Thanksgiving dinner all day, so I haven’t gotten to as much posting as I would have liked to. For now, enjoy this British -- and hence totally unrelated to any American holiday -- commercial:...

The Guardian is reporting that Peter Jackson has ramped up the violence in The Lovely Bones after test audiences demanded more blood: Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson has revealed that he had to shoot new footage for The Lovely Bones after...

Remember that the following is meant to make you want to see the movie: What happens to a woman when she is abused by her parents, becomes a runaway at the tender age of 14, is molested by a...

You might have thought that Tucker Max might have taken a hint from the fact that his toddler’s temper tantrum of a flick, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, was rejected not only by critics but by audiences: it...

Over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. He was really cool and very interesting. And his new movie is fabulous, too. (Review next week.)...

As pure drama, these are still fascinating to watch, especially to see the early work of some now very famous names. But as a look at what TV was doing half a century ago, it’s riveting.

...a new part of our bodies we gals must learn to hate; Sex Slave: The Movie won’t be exploitive, the (male) director promises; and more. It’s The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film...

I’ve always got piles of books around me: books to read, books I’ve read and mean to write about at MaryAnnJohanson.com (and never seem to find the time to do so), books I feel like I should read but keep...







