Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Janet Maslin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American journalist Janet Maslin.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Janet Maslin

Janet R. Maslin is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times. She served as a Times film critic from 1977 to 1999 and as a book critic from 2000 to 2015. In 2000 Maslin helped found the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York. She is president of its board of directors.

[On the movie "American Hot Wax:] A plot so thin you could thread a needle with it.
The cliché of the 'Eureka!' moment easily obscures the doubt and uncertainty that are also part of the discovery process.
Gonzo . . . acidic hilarity . . . 'The Fun Parts' has fine moments, but it's not the whole Lipsyte story. Read it with 'The Ask' if you really want to know how a mordant jokester with a madman's imagination became a literary rock star.
The Oscar seems to have been confused with the Nobel Peace Prize.
Bizarrely funny... Rarely is a documentary as well attuned to its subject as Howard Brookner's BURROUGHS, which captures as much about the life, work and sensibility of its subject as its 86 minute format allows.
Ever heard of the phrase 'midlife crisis'? — © Janet Maslin
Ever heard of the phrase 'midlife crisis'?
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