MaryAnn Johanson (she/her)
@maryannjohanson.bsky.social
do not obey in advance | born at 325ppm of CO2 | pioneering online film critic at FlickFilosopher.com since 1997 | London via NYC | find me elsewhere online: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2023/09/where-else-to-find-me-online.html
Pinned
Up early and small fortune spent on transit to get to a press screening… but damn, it’s good to be out and part of the world again.
I’ve been so limited — isolated, even — because of my bad hip and my bad knee, for years. It’s weird getting used to that not being true anymore.
I’ve been so limited — isolated, even — because of my bad hip and my bad knee, for years. It’s weird getting used to that not being true anymore.
Just discovered a wild tidbit about an Internet film critic from back in the day, someone arguably on a par with me and my work, and... Wow, I really fumbled all the balls I could fumble. 🙃
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Just discovered a wild tidbit about an Internet film critic from back in the day, someone arguably on a par with me and my work, and... Wow, I really fumbled all the balls I could fumble. 🙃
Remember, remember the fifth of November…
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Remember, remember the fifth of November…
"Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill"
No mention of C0vid in this enraging article.
"There were 800,000 more people out of work now than in 2019 due to health conditions"
Not only predictable but actually predicted. 😡🤬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No mention of C0vid in this enraging article.
"There were 800,000 more people out of work now than in 2019 due to health conditions"
Not only predictable but actually predicted. 😡🤬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill"
No mention of C0vid in this enraging article.
"There were 800,000 more people out of work now than in 2019 due to health conditions"
Not only predictable but actually predicted. 😡🤬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No mention of C0vid in this enraging article.
"There were 800,000 more people out of work now than in 2019 due to health conditions"
Not only predictable but actually predicted. 😡🤬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Funny, but it’s been a few years since I’ve seen anyone snidely dismiss concerns about the shitty economy, the lack of good jobs, and the absurd jumps in the cost of living with “Learn to code.”
I wonder why… 🤔
I wonder why… 🤔
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Funny, but it’s been a few years since I’ve seen anyone snidely dismiss concerns about the shitty economy, the lack of good jobs, and the absurd jumps in the cost of living with “Learn to code.”
I wonder why… 🤔
I wonder why… 🤔
#Bugonia is now in wide release in the US, and new in UK cinemas. Welcome to the headquarters of the human resistance. 📽️ www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/10/bugo...
Bugonia movie review: worst contact (London Film Festival 2025) - FlickFilosopher.com
Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and it’s Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film ...
www.flickfilosopher.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#Bugonia is now in wide release in the US, and new in UK cinemas. Welcome to the headquarters of the human resistance. 📽️ www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/10/bugo...
Now seated for Del Toro’s #Frankenstein in @Imax at @bfi. So very lucky to be a short bus ride from the biggest screen in Britain.
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Now seated for Del Toro’s #Frankenstein in @Imax at @bfi. So very lucky to be a short bus ride from the biggest screen in Britain.
One year ago.
Suffice to say that it has not been a good year.
Suffice to say that it has not been a good year.
Trump Halloween pumpkin on my street in London.
I hope he's as deflated and rotting as this gourd will be come next Tuesday.
I hope he's as deflated and rotting as this gourd will be come next Tuesday.
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
One year ago.
Suffice to say that it has not been a good year.
Suffice to say that it has not been a good year.
Absolutely love getting emails with links for a press screener that doesn't mention the actual title of the film anywhere: not in the subject line, not in the body of the email, not in the URL for the screener. Nowhere. Such fun! So easy to find in my in-box. #FilmCriticProblems
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Absolutely love getting emails with links for a press screener that doesn't mention the actual title of the film anywhere: not in the subject line, not in the body of the email, not in the URL for the screener. Nowhere. Such fun! So easy to find in my in-box. #FilmCriticProblems
It's absolutely disgusting that someone can bring home -- I hesitate to say "earn" -- this much money (£30-60K per MONTH) doing something -- currency trading -- that does ZILCH to improve the world or help people. Fuck everything. #SmashCapitalism metro.co.uk/2025/10/26/m...
I make £30,000 a month — when you earn more, you want more
'I wanted to make money because I like nice things.'
metro.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It's absolutely disgusting that someone can bring home -- I hesitate to say "earn" -- this much money (£30-60K per MONTH) doing something -- currency trading -- that does ZILCH to improve the world or help people. Fuck everything. #SmashCapitalism metro.co.uk/2025/10/26/m...
Reposted by MaryAnn Johanson (she/her)
Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and #Bugonia is Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film yet. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/10/bugo... [US cinemas now; UK Oct 31] 📽️
Bugonia movie review: worst contact (London Film Festival 2025) - FlickFilosopher.com
Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and it’s Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film ...
www.flickfilosopher.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and #Bugonia is Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film yet. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/10/bugo... [US cinemas now; UK Oct 31] 📽️
Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and #Bugonia is Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film yet. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/10/bugo... [US cinemas now; UK Oct 31] 📽️
Bugonia movie review: worst contact (London Film Festival 2025) - FlickFilosopher.com
Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and it’s Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film ...
www.flickfilosopher.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and #Bugonia is Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film yet. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/10/bugo... [US cinemas now; UK Oct 31] 📽️
This. This is metaphorical in a way that nothing else Trump has done so far has been. It’s one picture speaking a thousand, a hundred thousand words.
Trump has done many many many many many things that are worse than this, but I bet this is one of the things that turns people.
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This. This is metaphorical in a way that nothing else Trump has done so far has been. It’s one picture speaking a thousand, a hundred thousand words.
"Is there a timeline, a regulatory environment, in which the internet does not turn into a highly efficient manufacturer of niche suicide cults?"
So many people have been so badly broken by our toxic culture. I don't know how we fix any of this.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
So many people have been so badly broken by our toxic culture. I don't know how we fix any of this.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz
Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation
harpers.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"Is there a timeline, a regulatory environment, in which the internet does not turn into a highly efficient manufacturer of niche suicide cults?"
So many people have been so badly broken by our toxic culture. I don't know how we fix any of this.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
So many people have been so badly broken by our toxic culture. I don't know how we fix any of this.
harpers.org/archive/2025...
Is getting fucking pissed off by your reminder app an ADHD thing?
October 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Is getting fucking pissed off by your reminder app an ADHD thing?
Absolutely astonishing how many people are just, like, "*shrug* You have to get on board with the authoritarianism or you'll get left behind."
No, you fucking do not have to get on board with it. You can fight. You can resist. If nothing else, do it for your own self-worth.
No, you fucking do not have to get on board with it. You can fight. You can resist. If nothing else, do it for your own self-worth.
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Absolutely astonishing how many people are just, like, "*shrug* You have to get on board with the authoritarianism or you'll get left behind."
No, you fucking do not have to get on board with it. You can fight. You can resist. If nothing else, do it for your own self-worth.
No, you fucking do not have to get on board with it. You can fight. You can resist. If nothing else, do it for your own self-worth.
Sorry, can’t work, doggo is cuddling.
October 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sorry, can’t work, doggo is cuddling.
So, @Vimeo just asked me for age verification. (I'm 56, BTW.) This is gonna fuck with a LOT of filmmakers, PRs, and studios sharing their films with critics for review. #EverythingIsBroken #FuckThisShit #FilmCriticProblems
October 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So, @Vimeo just asked me for age verification. (I'm 56, BTW.) This is gonna fuck with a LOT of filmmakers, PRs, and studios sharing their films with critics for review. #EverythingIsBroken #FuckThisShit #FilmCriticProblems
Madness.
How to avoid the worst of Covid (as well as colds and flu)? WEAR A FUCKING MASK.
Not one mention of that here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How to avoid the worst of Covid (as well as colds and flu)? WEAR A FUCKING MASK.
Not one mention of that here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cold, flu and Covid symptoms: Expert advice and how to avoid the worst
BBC Morning Live's Dr Oscar Duke shares his advice on how to identify whether you have cold, flu or Covid and how to look after yourself.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Madness.
How to avoid the worst of Covid (as well as colds and flu)? WEAR A FUCKING MASK.
Not one mention of that here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How to avoid the worst of Covid (as well as colds and flu)? WEAR A FUCKING MASK.
Not one mention of that here.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Reposted by MaryAnn Johanson (she/her)
A haunted house movie from the dog’s perspective. #GoodBoy is no cheap gimmick but an absolute marvel, strikingly original and deeply affecting. An interspecies love story without a lick of phony sentimentality. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/09/good... [US cinemas Friday/UK Oct 10th]
Good Boy movie review: horrors beyond canine comprehension - FlickFilosopher.com
A haunted house movie from the dog’s perspective. No cheap gimmick but an absolute marvel, strikingly original and deeply affecting. An interspecies love story without a lick of phony sentimentality.
www.flickfilosopher.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A haunted house movie from the dog’s perspective. #GoodBoy is no cheap gimmick but an absolute marvel, strikingly original and deeply affecting. An interspecies love story without a lick of phony sentimentality. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/09/good... [US cinemas Friday/UK Oct 10th]
"Experts say these do not appear to pose any bigger threat than previous types of Covid or make people feel more ill."
So, a fuckton of threat, then, of organ damage, immune damage, blood clots, brain seizures, and other debilitating impacts? #WearAMask
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So, a fuckton of threat, then, of organ damage, immune damage, blood clots, brain seizures, and other debilitating impacts? #WearAMask
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Covid cases rising with new variants 'Nimbus' and 'Stratus'
Unwell with a bad throat and temperature? You may have one of the new Covid strains circulating this autumn.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"Experts say these do not appear to pose any bigger threat than previous types of Covid or make people feel more ill."
So, a fuckton of threat, then, of organ damage, immune damage, blood clots, brain seizures, and other debilitating impacts? #WearAMask
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So, a fuckton of threat, then, of organ damage, immune damage, blood clots, brain seizures, and other debilitating impacts? #WearAMask
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A haunted house movie from the dog’s perspective. #GoodBoy is no cheap gimmick but an absolute marvel, strikingly original and deeply affecting. An interspecies love story without a lick of phony sentimentality. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/09/good... [US cinemas Friday/UK Oct 10th]
Good Boy movie review: horrors beyond canine comprehension - FlickFilosopher.com
A haunted house movie from the dog’s perspective. No cheap gimmick but an absolute marvel, strikingly original and deeply affecting. An interspecies love story without a lick of phony sentimentality.
www.flickfilosopher.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A haunted house movie from the dog’s perspective. #GoodBoy is no cheap gimmick but an absolute marvel, strikingly original and deeply affecting. An interspecies love story without a lick of phony sentimentality. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/09/good... [US cinemas Friday/UK Oct 10th]
3 yrs today since Mom died of Covid caught in a health-care facility.
And this bastard virus still runs rampant, still kills and disables, still locks in future untimely death and disability.
Our leaders allow this because it’s better for quarterly profits.
I’m still furious.
And this bastard virus still runs rampant, still kills and disables, still locks in future untimely death and disability.
Our leaders allow this because it’s better for quarterly profits.
I’m still furious.
September 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
3 yrs today since Mom died of Covid caught in a health-care facility.
And this bastard virus still runs rampant, still kills and disables, still locks in future untimely death and disability.
Our leaders allow this because it’s better for quarterly profits.
I’m still furious.
And this bastard virus still runs rampant, still kills and disables, still locks in future untimely death and disability.
Our leaders allow this because it’s better for quarterly profits.
I’m still furious.
Reposted by MaryAnn Johanson (she/her)
Brash, chaotic, full of bleak humor and bitter irony. With blockbuster vibes over an anarchic indie heart, #OneBattleAfterAnother is both earnest and winking. Outstanding in-flight entertainment for our societal freefall. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/09/one-... 📽️
One Battle After Another movie review: où est la résistance? - FlickFilosopher.com
Brash, chaotic, full of bleak humor and bitter irony. With blockbuster vibes over an anarchic indie heart, it’s both earnest and winking. Outstanding in-flight entertainment for our societal freefall.
www.flickfilosopher.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Brash, chaotic, full of bleak humor and bitter irony. With blockbuster vibes over an anarchic indie heart, #OneBattleAfterAnother is both earnest and winking. Outstanding in-flight entertainment for our societal freefall. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/09/one-... 📽️
A real aspect of boxing — dangerously fast weight loss — sports films have ignored becomes body horror we have not seen before in #TheCut. The genre’s motivational clichés get twisted, nastily and poignantly. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/09/the-... [premium VOD US now, UK Oct 6th] 📽️
The Cut movie review: head not in the game - FlickFilosopher.com
A real aspect of boxing -- dangerously fast weight loss -- sports films have ignored becomes body horror we have not seen before. The genre’s motivational clichés get twisted, nastily and poignantly.
www.flickfilosopher.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A real aspect of boxing — dangerously fast weight loss — sports films have ignored becomes body horror we have not seen before in #TheCut. The genre’s motivational clichés get twisted, nastily and poignantly. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/09/the-... [premium VOD US now, UK Oct 6th] 📽️