Quick Facts
| Intro | American journalist and critic | ||
| A.K.A. | Janet Reva Maslin, Maslin | ||
| Is | Critic Journalist Literary critic Music critic Film critic | ||
| From | United States of America | ||
| Field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Journalism Literature Music | ||
| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 12 August 1949, New York City | ||
| Age | 74 years | ||
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Biography
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 a Times film critic from 1977 to 1999 and a book critic from 2000 to 2015.
Biography
Maslin graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts 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 longtime 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 documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009). 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 continues to review books for The New York Times. Among the best-known of her reviews is the 2011 essay on the widowed Joyce Carol Oates' memoir, A Widow's Story, which was widely discussed.
