July 10, 2024
With the limited release of faculty member Annie Baker's feature film Janet Planet in late June 2024, news outlets around the nation have covered Baker's film debut. We've collected a roundup of features, from interviews with the renowned playwright-turned-filmmaker to reviews of her stunning new film.
Interviews with Annie Baker
- Turn on, Tune in...Fathom Humanity: Pulitzer-Winning Playwright Annie Baker on Her Hippy Film Debut - The Guardian
- Annie Baker Discusses Janet Planet on The Arts Hour - BBC
- Annie Baker Says Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was "Retrospectively Influential" on her Janet Planet - IndieWire
- Pulitzer-Winning Playwright Annie Baker on Her Directorial Debut with Janet Planet - NPR
- How Playwright Annie Baker Made the Movie of the Summer - Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
- Annie Baker Shifts her Focus to the Big Screen - The New Yorker
- Annie Baker Goes to Hollywood - Vulture
- Annie Baker and Zoe Ziegler on Making Their Big-Screen Debut with Janet Planet - Slate
- With Her Debut Feature Janet Planet, Annie Baker Fractures a Girl's Love for Her Hippy Mother--and Takes "Maniacal Please" in the Slow Burn - Variety
Reviews of Janet Planet
- Janet Planet is the Latest Must-See Entry in the Mother-Daughter Movie Canon - Marie Claire
- Janet Planet is a Delightful and Unsettling Exploration of a Mother-Daughter Relationship - TIME
- Janet Planet, the Luminous Film Debut of Playwright Annie Baker, is a Poem of Childhood - Los Angeles Times
- Janet Planet: Melt the Icebergs - The New Yorker
- Janet Planet will Grow on You - Vulture
- With Janet Planet, Playwright Annie Baker Crafts a Mother-Daughter Classic - W Magazine
- Time, Space and Annie Baker - The Nation
- Janet Planet is a Quiet Coming-of-Age Story with a lot on its Mind - Forbes
- Janet Planet Review: Julianne Nicholson is Radiant in the Feature Debut by Pulitzer Prize Winner Annie Baker - Fort Worth Report
- Janet Planet Review: A Sticky Summer Full of Small Dramas - The New York Times
- Annie Baker's Janet Planet is an Exquisitely Moving Film Debut - The New Yorker
- In Janet Planet, a Brilliant Playwright Makes a Promising Film Debut - Vanity Fair
- A Pulitzer-Winning Playwright Makes a Great Cinematic Leap - The Atlantic
- Janet Planet's Dreamy Summer Haze Makes it Easy to get Caught in its Orbit - The Spool
- Sharply Funny Janet Planet Perfectly Captures the Feel of a Long, Hot Summer - NPR
- Janet Planet is the Last Word on Complicated Mother-Daughter Dynamics - Rolling Stone
Other Janet Planet Coverage
- In Janet Planet, Playwright Annie Baker Explores a New Dramatic World - Associate Press
- A Universe of Inspirations Swirls Within Janet Planet - The New York Times
