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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 1d

Goddess. Cutup. Role model. Fashion original. And a fine filmmaker too. She directed “Unstrung Heroes” 30 years ago. R.I.P. 💔

www.nytimes.com/1995/09/15/m...

FILM REVIEW; Nuttiness As Solace In a Son's Moment Of Grief (Published 1995)

www.nytimes.com

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 5d

Also How to Stuff a Wild Bikini and Beach Blanket Bingo. Respect.

The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 5d

I was yesterday days old when I learned that David Crosby of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash fame, is the son of Floyd Crosby, who shot High Noon and Roger Corman's wonderful The Pit and the Pendulum.

Gary Cooper as Marshall Will Kane, wearing a black hat and black vest with a tin star pinned to the front, makes one of his walks down the main street of Hadleyville (Cooper makes 9 nine walks in the film) in 1952's High Noon. Cooper looks both scared and badass at the same time because Gary Cooper was a great actor.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 24d

The TV/advertising model doesn’t work if no one’s watching. You’re welcome.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Sep 1

“Normal people.”

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Sep 1

That was true once. But now? I’d keep my subscription if it were the other way around.

Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Sep 1

The most-read story in today’s Washington Post is a 3-day-old ranked list of 5700 holidays. Today is, among many other things, National Little Black Dress Day. Fine. Celebrate if you must.

But don’t click on this junk if you want newspapers to cover real news.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 30

A fave of mine too.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thanks, Ted!

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 14

It’s on YouTube. That’s how I saw it.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 13

NYT today has a gerrymandering game that you can play for fun while real legislators play for keeps. It’s adorable. Like Wordle! Like Connections! I’m not making this up.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 12

And Mark Knopfler. Same day, same year.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 12

This is a particularly great one. “In Restless Dreams,” directed by Alex Gibney.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yes. We did radio summaries of reviews and even that was awkward.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 11

If this had been a job requirement when I started, I wouldn’t have worked there.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 8

It ranks just behind One Love and way behind Bohemian Rhapsody. But two of the top 7 were directed by James Mangold. Not bad.

billboard @billboard.com · Aug 8

Bob Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ Tops $140M in Global Box Office: See Where It Ranks Among Top 25 Music Biopics

Here's a list of the 25 highest-grossing biopics of musicians worldwide, according to boxofficemojo.com.

bit.ly

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 2

I know. But I read the whole list.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 2

About Cronenberg and about Godzilla’s silly little face, definitely.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 1

This isn’t about movies. It’s about the Dome, a trippy spectacle joint in Las Vegas. What did you expect?

Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · Aug 1

www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...

In Review: It’s Not Too Late for the Movies to Reject AI

A dramatic week in the AI wars made it clear that the future is far from lost, and that we can't afford to fight for it on the tech community's terms.

www.indiewire.com

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Aug 1

If Ron Howard’s “Eden” opens on schedule later this month, you’re about to start having very different conversations about Sydney Sweeney. She hasn’t done anything like this before. Neither has he.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Jul 31

It sounds terrible, no question. But the R.I.P.s are premature.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Jul 31

He’s still alive as of 7/30/25. Just wish him well.

CultureSonar @culturesonar.bsky.social · Jul 29

Just got the sad news that Dave Edmunds has passed. Re-upping a piece from last year.

www.culturesonar.com/appreciating...

Appreciating Dave Edmunds

Guitarist Dave Edmunds has been laying low, but his utter devotion to music still echoes through recent years.

www.culturesonar.com

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Jul 30

I meant fast-paced. That was a poor word choice. It was also 45 years ago.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Jul 30

And it was my pleasure to review it in 1980, when almost no one covered it. I liked it, by and large. Don’t misrepresent what I said to make its revival more dramatic. I’m as glad to see it return as you are.

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Jul 29

About Whit Stillman and “Barcelona” in 1994:

“He makes odd, tender, uncategorizable films that must utterly confound the market researchers whose opinions shape Hollywood.
Good.”

MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · Jul 29

7/29/94: Whit Stillman's Barcelona, w/Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, Mira Sorvino
"They're against OTAN?"
More:
@janetmaslin.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/1994/07/29/m...
@noelmu.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/barcelona-dv...
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...

Movie of the Week: “Barcelona”

Whit Stillman’s 1994 comic drama “Barcelona” takes place during the last hot days of the Cold War.

www.newyorker.com

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Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yes, because it’s a serious story. Worth your time.

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