Still my favorite Cannes poster. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.

Any new book by James Kaplan is cause for celebration. This one’s about the making of the jazz classic “Kind of Blue.” It involves Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans—and it’s extremely accessible whether you’re a jazz fan or not. Come celebrate with us. Thursday at 7.

In case you planned on buying this because of him:

Sorry for not thinking Flashdance was a film about female empowerment 41 years ago. I didn’t like the way Beals’ character was treated. Adrian Lyne was known only for “Foxes” and commercials when it opened.

With the lovely and gracious Eleanor Coppola plus Diane Lane, who starred in Coppola’s 2016 “Paris Can Wait.” She was well known for her documentary “Hearts of Darkness” and for preternatural patience with her husband’s creative adventures. Matriarch Extraordinare. R.I.P.💔

Your reminder that Robert Elswit also shot
—There Will Be Blood
—Magnolia
—Boogie Nights
—Michael Clayton
—Punch-Drunk Love
—Inherent Vice
—Bad Influence
—The Night Of
—Two “Mission Impossible” installments
—The Sure Thing
—The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
—etc., etc., etc.

Okay then. Sold.

Janet Maslin Joe McGinniss Jr CB’s comments were so obviously absurd and inappropriate. Did it not occur to you to perhaps give her a chance to clarify in the moment?

Join '3 Shades of Blue' author James Kaplan James Kaplan at the Jacob Burns Film Center Burns Film Center for a screening of 'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool' followed by a conversation with Janet Maslin. April 18, 7 pm.

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It IS unwatchable. Carol Baum said this after we screened “Dead Ringers” at the Jacob Burns Film Center and she mentioned having seen “Anyone But You” on a plane. But “Dead Ringers,”
b/o a book Baum optioned 10 years before David Cronenberg adapted it, gets better and better.

I didn’t know where it was either. But here I am.🎶

Janet Maslin But this whole thing is based on Baum taking explicit cheap shots. Congrats I guess for attempting to be Twitter’s main character today.

Sorry. Of course you’re right. Thanks for catching that.

I loved the real ones.

Janet Maslin without the Wilson Brothers are they really the Beach Boys or just An Evening of Mike Love Angry Finger Pointing?

Now playing this on constant repeat in case he doesn’t do it. youtube.com/watch?v=FCS3me…

Janet Maslin I dont even know who you are but after that statement, you have zero credibility as a film critic.

Tonight at 7.

Janet Maslin It is watchable and it made me laugh out loud a couple of times. Oscar winning material? no but harmless enjoyable fun? Yes it is. The pettiness of both your and Carol Baum comments are hard to fathom.