John Powers
@johnpowers
Critic at Large for FRESH AIR WITH TERRY GROSS
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One of the nation’s top film critics, Justin Chang, is leaving the beleaguered Los Angeles Times, taking his fluid prose and winning personality to The New Yorker deadline.com/2024/01/justin…
Rockets, Astros, Texans — Houston setting a single city choking record.
I reviewed Ben Lerner's new novel, which arrives in the midst of a wave of new books reckoning with masculinity nytimes.com/2019/10/01/boo…
A jolt of pleasure out of the blue.
Frank Sinatra called. He wanted a rap verse for "Fly Me to the Moon". Happy to oblige. (My broken glasses are totally an aesthetic choice.)
Enviably nifty work!
My Twitter and Letterboxd followers might have seen an uptick in Ingmar Bergman related activity last week; here, then, is the fruit of my labor: nytimes.com/2018/11/20/mov…
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Viewing Ingmar Bergman Through a Glass Less Darkly (Published 2018)
On the 100th anniversary of the Swedish filmmaker’s birth, an impressive Blu-ray set from Criterion makes a fresh case for his importance — and his entertainment value.
Adored SHIRKERS, @sanditan ‘s reclamation of the Singapore feature footage she was in 20 years ago and the strange man who’d hoarded it for all that time. It’s poignant and weird and funny and beautiful.
It's official, movie lovers! deadline.com/2018/02/netfli… #shirkersfilm @shirkersfilm
1/ The NYTimes is densely defending their article by claiming it was intended to shed light on the normalcy of racism in American society. I agree this is a worthy topic of discussion. So, let’s talk about all the things the Times could have *actually* achieved this. . . .
I don’t tweet often but when Dave Kehr has a new book out, that’s a special occasion How Movies Work nyti.ms/2hpLepf
first review of my new book -- not so bad! publishersweekly.com/978-0-226-4956… via @publisherswkly
This says it! Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91 nyti.ms/2vPVN9g
If you're in New York, go -- both Herrera and the movie are great. filmlinc.org/events/print-s…
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Print Screen: Yuri Herrera and 'The Long Goodbye'
For this screening, prize-winning author Yuri Herrera selects Robert Altman’s equally surreal Raymond Chandler adaptation 'The Long Goodbye.'
Nifty look at a marvelous writer. Yuri Herrera Rejects the Clichés of the Drug War newrepublic.com/article/143578…
Delicious dinner at Husk in Nashville. Thanks for the tip @thejgold!
Of course he cheated by actually learning French. Dave Kehr Awarded I Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters bit.ly/2rjgBFv
Hurrah, a new piece by the great Nathan Heller! The Gig Is Up nyer.cm/RXXtOki via @newyorker
Pleasures guilty and otherwise: The Handmaiden Is the Year’s Most Erotic Movie vogue.com/13494948/the-h…
The great, life-affirming Sonia Braga vogue.com/13491831/sonia…
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