John Powers

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 https://t.co/W3UCApEVym

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@JustinCChang There are those who would say you have no shame, @JustinCChang

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@onecountry Streets blocked Los Angeles

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@DickKingSmith The reveal of Aghast Cat’s face one of the great moments in cinema.

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@nathanheller Only 1500?

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@valeriesteiker Great news. The New Yorker just got better!

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@nathanheller Hence the moniker Wild Man Heller.

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Rockets, Astros, Texans — Houston setting a single city choking record.

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I reviewed Ben Lerner's new novel, which arrives in the midst of a wave of new books reckoning with masculinity
https://t.co/sgmIokSa7w

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@parul_sehgal A review admirable for its trenchant accuracy, both in its praise and its concerns about frog-marching (that awful MAGA hat!). Wish I'd written it.

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A jolt of pleasure out of the blue.

[David Sikabwe from Going Spaceward @thustweetsdavid]

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.)

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@Geoff_Andrew You mortally insult the Arquettes and Baldwins, my friend.

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Enviably nifty work!

[Glenn Kenny @Glenn__Kenny]

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: https://t.co/OYkH5m6orq

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@abby_aguirre But it's closer for you now, no?

[Nick James @filmnickjames]

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.

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@AlbertBrooks did this better! https://t.co/kVUxMFyRxI

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It's official, movie lovers! https://t.co/ErSgFdehYR #shirkersfilm @shirkersfilm

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@magi_jay Great stuff

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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. . . .

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I don’t tweet often but when Dave Kehr has a new book out, that’s a special occasion
How Movies Work https://t.co/iSzMQLJnKu