Janet Maslin
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Janet Maslin (b. 1948) is a book critic for The New York Times. She was previously a longtime film critic (1977-1999) for the Times. She began her career as a rock music critic for Boston Phoenix and Rolling Stone. She graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970 with a B.A. degree and a major in mathematics.
Although Maslin has been criticized for being too "forgiving, often to a fault" [1] as a film critic, she has been on balance highly influential and respected.
Maslin once dated the film director and producer Steven Spielberg. She married fellow rock critic Jon Landau and then novelist Benjamin Cheever, son of the writer John Cheever.
[edit] Criticism of Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin is ridiculed on a blog called Beatrice by the New York author Ron Hogan which points out her frequent mistakes in the English language in addition to criticism and review of her journalistic style.
[edit] External links
- Maslin's articles at NYT website since April 1996 (only first 1000 have direct navigation elements)
- Maslin's page at Rotten Tomatoes, with links to her reviews
- Interview with Maslin at RockCritics.com, with links to articles about her
- 2000 radio interview with Maslin as RealAudio
- Janet Maslin's entry at NNDB
- Janet Maslin at the Internet Movie Database
- Maslin Watch
