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Joanna Langfield
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Is it more fun here? I talk and write about film, TV and other cultural (hopefully) good stuff. And I can’t stop watching the news. Come say hi.
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 1h
This one really is shattering, right? I always loved her work, too, but there was something so warm, unique, life-affirming, about her presence. Irreplaceable.
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 1h
As talented an actress as she was, Diane Keaton’s effervescent persona made her, to me, eternal. Shattering news at her passing. But weren’t we so lucky to have had her light up our lives.
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 20h
As well-meaning as it is, Kathryn Bigelow’s cautionary tale is, for her, a rare miss.
A House of Dynamite, in theaters now. Netflix, October24.

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A House of Dynamite
By Joanna Langfield As well-meaning as it is, Kathryn Bigelow’s cautionary tale is, for her, a rare miss. Told from the prospective of the many government officials on duty as a nuclear attack is u…
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 2d
Julia Roberts’s psychodrama is overcooked, but the meaty insights it serves up still make this a bountiful watch.
After the Hunt opens in theaters Friday.

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After The Hunt
By Joanna Langfield Julia Roberts’s psychodrama is overcooked, but the meaty insights it serves up still make this a bountiful watch. An icy, commanding Roberts stars as a philosophy professor at Y…
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 3d
Postseason baseball is fun! #Yankees#notourseatsbut still
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 4d
I’m not quite sure why Bill Condon’s mounting of this Kander and Ebb musical doesn’t grab us, but I try and figure it out in the review of Kiss of the Spider Woman. Opens in theaters Friday.

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Kiss of the Spider Woman
By Joanna Langfield I’m not quite sure why Bill Condon’s mounting of this Kander and Ebb musical doesn’t grab us. Because the elements are all there: a sharp, poignant drama, a loving appreciation …
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 17d
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Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut is very human. Intimate and funny, bumpy and well intentioned, it still leaves us entertained, with an undeniable lump in our throats.
Eleanor the Great opens in theaters Friday.
Eleanor the Great
By Joanna Langfield Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut is very human. Intimate and funny, bumpy and well intentioned, it still leaves us entertained, with an undeniable lump in our throats. One…
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 23d
Paul Thomas Anderson’s thrilling newest excites us, not just as remarkable entertainment, but also as a masterful piece of art.
One Battle After Another opens in theaters September 26.
Mark your calendars.

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One Battle After Another
By Joanna Langfield Paul Thomas Anderson’s thrilling newest excites us, not just as remarkable entertainment, but also as a masterful piece of art. Drawn from Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel, this adap…
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 24d
You can have your Housewives and Bachelors. The soapy spin for me is The Morning Show. Frothy, sexy, just grounded in reality enough. With great apartments and clothes. And Billy Crudup. Season 4, in all its gloss and grit, streaming now on Apple TV+.
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 25d
Artist, activist, philanthropist. Robert Redford leaves an astonishing legacy. But what will stay with me forever, in the interviews I was lucky enough to have had with him, he was always incredibly kind and modest.
And handsome.
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 26d
Seth Rogen has a huge body of work and it has all come together with The Studio. Great work from Seth and his team, great entertainment for us. #Emmys
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 26d
And I repeat:

Adolescence is one of the most outstanding pieces I’ve ever seen on TV. (Okay, streaming. Netflix) I know it’s tough. Watch it anyway. #Emmys
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 26d
Love the crowd chanting “Stephen, Stephen, Stephen!” #emmys
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 26d
Adolescence is one of the most outstanding pieces I’ve ever seen on TV. (Okay, streaming. Netflix) I know it’s tough. Watch it anyway. #Emmys
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 26d
Harrison Ford. 💔#emmys
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 26d
Happy for Tramell Tillman, but when I saw that speech from Sam Rockwell on The White Lotus, I almost fell off my chair. #Emmys
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 26d
Jean Smart. Yes, she is that good in Hacks. #Emmys
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 26d
Seth Rogen, Emmy winner. Very nice ring to that. Well deserved, too. The Studio is a gem. #Emmys
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · 26d
Yup, it is rather refreshing to watch glamorous people being glamorous. #Emmys
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · Sep 10
He’s right.
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · Sep 10
A shame Highest to Lowest hasn’t gotten the push it deserves. A slow build for this Kurosawa spin, Denzel Washington’s great, so are Jeffrey Wright and ASAP Ricky. But this is a decidedly Spike Lee joint, in style and substance. His energized stamp is the star.
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · Sep 9
Delighted that Only Murders in the Building has rediscovered its delightful roots. Steve Martin. Martin Short and Selena Gomez, along with faces old and new, revive the breezy fun that made the series first two seasons such a treat. #5 starts streaming on Hulu today.
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · Sep 3
Upset??? I’m not upset at all! Go Amanda!
Fantastic day at the US Open.
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · Aug 28
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There’s fun to be had in Darren Aronofsky’s caper-esque newest, but the real kick is watching Austin Butler, who proves in each and every scene, he is, indeed a star.
Caught Stealing slides into theaters Friday.
Caught Stealing
By Joanna Langfield There’s fun to be had in Darren Aronofsky’s caper-esque newest, but the real kick is watching Austin Butler, who proves in each and every scene, he is, indeed a star. We’re back…
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Joanna Langfield @joannalangfield.bsky.social · Aug 27
Just another night in New York. Where singing superstar and actor Bad Bunny, at the opening of Caught Stealing, signs baseballs, too.
Bad Bunny
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