Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026If these guys had had parents who loved them we’d be living in a different world. 0231
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Strike Force Five leaves in triumph. And that’s it for Paramount plus. 1210
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Cancellation week begins now. No more fusty 30 year old subscriptions to MSM outlets and publications I no longer trust. I’ll sub them out for smaller, harder-working news orgs that are that’s more reliable and easier to trust. Bye, Bari. When Colbert goes so do I. 46810
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Do they have any idea what superstars Colbert and maybe Kimmel will become if/when they leave their respective networks? No? Well, they’re about to find out. 1083229516
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 29/04/202690% of what’s on here comes from pitchers, influencers, attention-seekers and plagiarists. Just give us all a break and put your less urgent thoughts in a notebook. And keep them for yourself. That world of self-promotion will be gone soon anyway. 2252
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Anybody remember how Sergei Brin arrived here as a refugee and was sponsored by charitable groups until he became a self-supporting billionaire who chose not pay taxes? Because i sure do. www.forbes.com/profile/serg...forbes.comSergey BrinSergey Brin is #3 on Forbes' 2026 Billionaires list. Read more about Sergey Brin, their experience, their asset summary, and more here. 05721
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Here’s my Desert Island disc—the video, not the records. For decades you had to comb YouTube to find barely watchable video of this. Releasing it in 2021 changed everything for those who’d seen the shows but couldn’t convey the sheer ecstasy of them. I hear Bruce had a very smart manager. 0315
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Easter book: “The Easter Parade” by Richard Yates Easter decor: blaze in fireplace on a rainy day. Easter bonnet: forget it. Easter foliage: forsythia, Cornell azaleas, many flowering trees about to bloom. Easter mood: get him out before he does more irreparable damage. NOW. 0141
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026As these sites become less enjoyable that problem may solve itself. 0121
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Goodbye to Chip Taylor, best known for writing “Wild Thing” and being Jon Voight’s brother. He also wrote this very funny song you may not know. I’m pretty sure it was prompted by a Kris Kristofferson interview. youtu.be/3Nuj4gG87ksyoutu.beI Read It in Rolling StoneYouTube video by Chip Taylor - Topic 1142
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026When the world is hemorrhaging money, conspicuous displays of loot hit differently. Sure, audiences love all that borrowed bling. I’m glad you felt special and looked good. But think about the message you’re sending. 2131
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Happy 83rd to him and so what if he never wins? #OscarDay. 0183
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Being the vainest party guy and biggest spendthrift in government may not be the best idea right now. That’s somebody else’s job. 0120
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Gimme one more F, Joe. I used up the last one decades ago. 2203
Reposted by Janet MaslinDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Eric Anderson sings his "Thirsty Boots" at the Phil Ochs Memorial Concert in 1976. As Eric says, this is "very heavy." youtube.com/watch?v=YvQt...youtube.comEric Andersen - Thirsty Boots (Live at the Phil Ochs Memorial Concert, 1976)YouTube video by Boot Leg 052
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Well done. Grok just ID’d Marty Supreme as Bob Dylan. 1141
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Please give us 10 days’ worth of news about the weather. We’ll like it. Promise. 3150
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The 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. 0133
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Stay on these sites and you’ll have the attention span of a mayfly. Try to read, walk, visit. Do anything else. 3200
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Two 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. 290
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Awards season is only a week old and it’s already exhausting. The Oscars are nearly three months away. 0140
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Thanks for sussing out how much I like Subterranean Homesick Blues, Spotify. I already knew that. 1110
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Fondest 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. 2264
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025If 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. 1131
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Happy Birthday, @markharris.bsky.social. Hope you get offline early and have a great day. 1111
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Netflix 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...nytimes.comNever Seeking the Presidency, Yet Swept Into Office Nonetheless (Published 2011) 4437
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Pleasantville isn’t a ritzy suburb. But it’s got a really good movie theater. @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social 2161
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025The 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. 1222
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Goddess. 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...nytimes.comFILM REVIEW; Nuttiness As Solace In a Son's Moment Of Grief (Published 1995) 0487
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Also How to Stuff a Wild Bikini and Beach Blanket Bingo. Respect. 0446
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 18/09/2025The TV/advertising model doesn’t work if no one’s watching. You’re welcome. 310016
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025The 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. 6623
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 13/08/2025 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. 2310
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025It ranks just behind One Love and way behind Bohemian Rhapsody. But two of the top 7 were directed by James Mangold. Not bad. 0120
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025This isn’t about movies. It’s about the Dome, a trippy spectacle joint in Las Vegas. What did you expect? 0151
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025If 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. 080
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 31/07/2025He’s still alive as of 7/30/25. Just wish him well. 5343
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025About Whit Stillman and “Barcelona” in 1994: “He makes odd, tender, uncategorizable films that must utterly confound the market researchers whose opinions shape Hollywood. Good.” 1120
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Goodbye to one of my first heroes. I hope he passed peacefully. He lived a good long life. Tom Lehrer was I-went-to-summer-camp-with-Stephen Sondheim years old. They must have stayed in touch. Sondheim had a little book of Lehrer rhymes or riddles or whatever in a guest bathroom at his NY home. 4997
