Janet Maslin

Janet Maslin
Born	(1949-08-12) August 12, 1949 New York City
Education	University of Rochester, 1970
Occupation	Journalist
Employer	The New York Times
Known for	Film and literary criticism
Spouse(s)	Jon Landau Benjamin Cheever, current
Children	2

Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times. She served as the Times' film critic from 1977 to 1999.

Biography

Maslin graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970, with a B.A. degree and a major in mathematics. She began her career as a rock music critic for The Boston Phoenix and Rolling Stone.

Maslin was the long-time film critic for The New York Times, serving from 1977 to 1999. Her film criticism career, including her embrace of American independent cinema, is discussed in the 2009 documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. In the film Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum recalls the excitement of having a woman as the lead reviewer at The New York Times.

Maslin reviews books for The New York Times. Among the most well-known of her reviews is the 2011 essay on the widowed Joyce Carol Oates' memoir, A Widow's Story, which was widely discussed.

External links

• Janet Maslin at IMDb
• "Janet Maslin" at Rotten Tomatoes – Includes links to full texts of reviews by Janet Maslin.
• Interview with Janet Maslin. The Connection. Broadcast on WBUR (Boston), February 10, 2000. Accessed December 21, 2007. (RealAudio format.)
• Rockcritics.com interview – May 2005