Janet Maslin
@janetmaslin.bsky.social
Board President, Jacob Burns Film Center. Longtime NYT critic.
Well done. Grok just ID’d Marty Supreme as Bob Dylan.
January 30, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Well done. Grok just ID’d Marty Supreme as Bob Dylan.
Please give us 10 days’ worth of news about the weather. We’ll like it. Promise.
January 24, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Please give us 10 days’ worth of news about the weather. We’ll like it. Promise.
Will you believe them or your lying eyes?
January 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Will you believe them or your lying eyes?
The National Society of Film Critics has an award for the best film awaiting U.S. distribution. If you’re in a film-related voting group, consider doing this. And congratulations to Lucrecia Martel, who just won it for her documentary “Nuestra Terra.” It will be called “Landmarks” here.
January 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The National Society of Film Critics has an award for the best film awaiting U.S. distribution. If you’re in a film-related voting group, consider doing this. And congratulations to Lucrecia Martel, who just won it for her documentary “Nuestra Terra.” It will be called “Landmarks” here.
Stay on these sites and you’ll have the attention span of a mayfly. Try to read, walk, visit. Do anything else.
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Stay on these sites and you’ll have the attention span of a mayfly. Try to read, walk, visit. Do anything else.
Two films I greatly admired, David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds and Ron Howard’s Eden, have eligibility problems when it comes to 2025. Both opened commercially in the U.S. in 2025 but were screened elsewhere last year. As the awards game goes increasingly global, it’s too easy for this to happen.
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Two films I greatly admired, David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds and Ron Howard’s Eden, have eligibility problems when it comes to 2025. Both opened commercially in the U.S. in 2025 but were screened elsewhere last year. As the awards game goes increasingly global, it’s too easy for this to happen.
Awards season is only a week old and it’s already exhausting. The Oscars are nearly three months away.
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Awards season is only a week old and it’s already exhausting. The Oscars are nearly three months away.
Good name for that big honking trophy.
Zombies Clawing for the Last Meatball
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Good name for that big honking trophy.
True.
Penn's performance is a primo example of the trend where people reward the most acting rather than good acting. Penn was basically playing a cartoon character rather than a real human
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
True.
Thanks for sussing out how much I like Subterranean Homesick Blues, Spotify. I already knew that.
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thanks for sussing out how much I like Subterranean Homesick Blues, Spotify. I already knew that.
Fondest memories of John Duka, who sometimes came to our backyard parties. He brought us a rose bush one year and I’ll never forget it. He and I were born 4 days apart but I’m still here. He, the most dapper and beloved of NYT Style writers, died in 1989 of AIDS before his 40th birthday. Awful.
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Fondest memories of John Duka, who sometimes came to our backyard parties. He brought us a rose bush one year and I’ll never forget it. He and I were born 4 days apart but I’m still here. He, the most dapper and beloved of NYT Style writers, died in 1989 of AIDS before his 40th birthday. Awful.
If a ratty plaid bathrobe has become so iconic that it’ll be recognizable 50 years from now it’s an awards-worthy costume. They don’t have to be fancy. Just saying.
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If a ratty plaid bathrobe has become so iconic that it’ll be recognizable 50 years from now it’s an awards-worthy costume. They don’t have to be fancy. Just saying.
Happy Birthday, @markharris.bsky.social. Hope you get offline early and have a great day.
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Happy Birthday, @markharris.bsky.social. Hope you get offline early and have a great day.
Yes, exactly.
😐
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yes, exactly.
Netflix has renamed this “Death by Lightning” and drops its 4-part adaptation tomorrow. It’s b/o Candice Millard’s 2011 “Destiny of the Republic,” the best history book I covered in nearly 20 years as a daily NYT book critic. Her title was better. Can’t wait.
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/b...
Never Seeking the Presidency, Yet Swept Into Office Nonetheless (Published 2011)
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Netflix has renamed this “Death by Lightning” and drops its 4-part adaptation tomorrow. It’s b/o Candice Millard’s 2011 “Destiny of the Republic,” the best history book I covered in nearly 20 years as a daily NYT book critic. Her title was better. Can’t wait.
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/b...
Pleasantville isn’t a ritzy suburb. But it’s got a really good movie theater. @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social
Wait, this is an attack on Mamdani? I figured it was telling Cuomo to go back to the suburbs (Pleasantville being a ritzy Westchester suburb) and using a smiling Mamdani to do it.
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Pleasantville isn’t a ritzy suburb. But it’s got a really good movie theater. @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social
The Times’ having fired Peter Keepnews over a joke he made after his decades’ worth of service is outrageous. Didn’t know him, don’t know what the joke was. But I know this is excessive. He’s a second-generation jazz aficionado and the writer of some of the best NYT arts obits. He’s irreplaceable.
Just want to say that Peter Keepnews is a hilarious name for a New York Times editor who specializes in obituaries.
Here’s his co-byline on the Alan Arkin obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/movies/alan-arkin-dead.htm https://x.com/ShortFormErnie/status/1674823828919271429/photo/1
Here’s his co-byline on the Alan Arkin obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/movies/alan-arkin-dead.htm https://x.com/ShortFormErnie/status/1674823828919271429/photo/1
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Times’ having fired Peter Keepnews over a joke he made after his decades’ worth of service is outrageous. Didn’t know him, don’t know what the joke was. But I know this is excessive. He’s a second-generation jazz aficionado and the writer of some of the best NYT arts obits. He’s irreplaceable.
Happy 50th to all who celebrate.
Bob Dylan's First Rolling Thunder Revue Concert - 30 October 1975 Plymou... youtu.be/AU7KJ2zrYBc?...
Bob Dylan's First Rolling Thunder Revue Concert - 30 October 1975 Plymouth, Massachusetts
YouTube video by neverending Bobfan
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October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy 50th to all who celebrate.
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...
www.nytimes.com/1995/09/15/m...
FILM REVIEW; Nuttiness As Solace In a Son's Moment Of Grief (Published 1995)
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/1995/09/15/m...
Also How to Stuff a Wild Bikini and Beach Blanket Bingo. Respect.
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.
October 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Also How to Stuff a Wild Bikini and Beach Blanket Bingo. Respect.
The TV/advertising model doesn’t work if no one’s watching. You’re welcome.
September 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The TV/advertising model doesn’t work if no one’s watching. You’re welcome.
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.
But don’t click on this junk if you want newspapers to cover real news.
September 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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.
But don’t click on this junk if you want newspapers to cover real news.
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.
August 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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.
It ranks just behind One Love and way behind Bohemian Rhapsody. But two of the top 7 were directed by James Mangold. Not bad.
Bob Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ Tops $140M in Global Box Office: See Where It Ranks Among Top 25 Music Biopics
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.
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August 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It ranks just behind One Love and way behind Bohemian Rhapsody. But two of the top 7 were directed by James Mangold. Not bad.
This isn’t about movies. It’s about the Dome, a trippy spectacle joint in Las Vegas. What did you expect?
August 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This isn’t about movies. It’s about the Dome, a trippy spectacle joint in Las Vegas. What did you expect?