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{{AFC comment|1=[[WP:PUFFERY]] includes "detailed listings of minor biographical details (including complete lists of anything related to the person or topic)." For instance, the entirety of the ''Top critic'' section appears to list literally anything and everything associated with Langfield. [[User:TipsyElephant|TipsyElephant]] ([[User talk:TipsyElephant|talk]]) 16:03, 12 May 2022 (UTC)}}

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{{Short description|Radio Personality, Movie Reviewer}}
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'''Joanna Langfield''' is a radio host of the syndicated show called The Movie Minute. Beginning the show in 1983<ref name="About">{{Cite web|date=2017-10-18|title=About Joanna Langfield|url=https://themovieminute.com/about-joanna-langfield/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=The Movie Minute|language=en}}</ref>, ''The Movie Minute'' is heard throughout the United States reaching one-million people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio and Records |url=https://docplayer.net/139627373-Program-supplier-features-includes-artist-profile-and-countdown-shows-16-entertainment-news-interviews-profiles-of-tv-movie-and-music-stars.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Joanna Langfield|publisher=Critics Choice Awards|url=https://www.criticschoice.com/members/jlangfield/|access-date=2021-06-30|language=en-US}}</ref> Joanna has also made regular appearances on television and a podcasts. Her website, [https://themovieminute.com/ www.themovieminute.com], is where her reviews of films, streaming productions can be found.  

Before starting her own show, Joanna was an Executive Producer at [[WMCA (AM)|WMCAAM]] where she worked with radio personalities including [[Sally Jessy Raphael]] and [[Barry Gray (radio personality)|Barry Gray]].<ref name="About"/>

Joanna is a founding Member of the [[Critics Choice Association]] (formerly Broadcast Film Critics Association)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Page|publisher=Critics Choice Awards|url=https://www.criticschoice.com/members-page/|access-date=2021-06-30|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2022 |title=rogerebert.com |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/chazs-blog/thumbnails-special-edition-where-are-our-diverse-voices-in-film-criticism}}</ref> and [https://awfj.org/ The Alliance of Women Film Journalist].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|publisher=Alliance of Women Film Journalists|url=https://awfj.org/about-2/|access-date=2021-07-01|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Minow|first=Nell|title=Chaz Ebert Is Chosen for the Alliance of Women Film Journalists' Spotlight {{!}} Festivals & Awards {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/chaz-ebert-is-chosen-for-the-alliance-of-women-film-journalists-spotlight|access-date=2021-12-11|website=https://www.rogerebert.com/|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Joanna Langfield {{!}} Critics Choice Awards|url=http://www.criticschoice.com/members/jlangfield/|access-date=2021-12-11|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early Career ==
Joanna graduated from Kirkland College<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.hamilton.edu/alumni/kirklandwall/kirklandwall.cfm?action=showpanel&panel=4&row=11}}</ref><ref name="LinkedIn">{{Cite web|title=Joanna Langfield|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-langfield-84874b12/|url-status=live|via=LinkedIn}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref> and began her career in Boston, Massachusetts producing talk shows on [[WMEX (AM)|WMEX-AM]].<ref name="About"/> Joanna was later an Executive Producer on [[WMCA (AM)|WMCA-AM]] in New York City, hosting The Joanna Langfield Show between 1980 and 1983.<ref name="Brave">{{Cite web|title=Joanna Langfield on 'The Brave One'|publisher=Alliance of Women Film Journalists|url=https://awfj.org/blog/2007/09/10/joanna-langfield-on-the-brave-one/|access-date=2021-06-30|language=en-US}}</ref> Joanna then went on to [[WABC (AM)|WABC]] Radio where the Joanna Langfield Show aired between [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Ratings-Directories/RandR-Guides/RRR-Program-Supplier-Guide-94.pdf 1983 and 1989],<ref name="LinkedIn" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=wabc radio saturday night |url=http://icaro.solutions/ger/wabc-radio-saturday-night |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=icaro.solutions}}</ref> on Saturday nights between 9:00am and midnight, which was the highest rated show in that timeslot.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://awfj.org/blog/2007/09/10/joanna-langfield-on-the-brave-one/}}</ref>

Joanna also had a show called Today's People on [[ABC NewsRadio|ABC New Radio]], and was on ABC television. Some of her guest appearances included being on Live with [[Live with Kelly and Ryan|Regis and Kathy Lee]].

One of the special assignments Joanna worked on while at ABC Radio included being at Walt Disney World with other broadcasters around the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=#TBT bringing it to you live from Disney World with the wonderful Jimmy Launce, who I worked with for years, on WJR, Detroit.|url=https://twitter.com/joannalangfield/status/1410596677753344001|access-date=2021-07-01|via=Twitter|language=en}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref>

== The Movie Minute ==
In 1989, Joanna started her own production company called Joanna Langfield Productions Incorporated. Through this company Joanna produced a series of programs under ''The Movie Minute''.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://themovieminute.com/about-joanna-langfield/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.mixcloud.com/joannalangfieldsthemovieminute/}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joanna-langfields-the-movie-minute/id997732654}}</ref> These programs were syndicated throughout North America and ran internationally.

== Interviews ==
Under ''The Movie Minute'' umbrella, some of the actors and actresses Joanna interviewed include [[Woody Allen]], [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], [[George Clooney]], [[Sharon Stone]], [[Tom Cruise]], [[Emily Blunt]], [[Shaquille O'Neal]], [[David Bowie]], [[Warren Beatty]], [[Kevin Costner]], [[Madonna]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Angelina Jolie]] and [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]]. 

== Notable Works and Mentions ==

* Some of Joanna's appearances on WPIX-TV, WABC and NBC, can be found at the University of California Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Rim Archive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Broadcast excerpt |url=https://cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu/catalog/19452 |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=cinefiles.bampfa.berkeley.edu |language=en}}</ref>
* Joanna has been quoted in Time,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Zoglin|first=Richard|date=2001-06-24|title=Attack of The Blurbmeisters|language=en-US|magazine=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,161203,00.html|access-date=2021-06-30|issn=0040-781X}}</ref> E! Entertainment,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Perfect Lies|publisher=Lang Entertainment Group|url=https://langentertainmentgroup.com/film-perfect-lies/|access-date=2021-06-30}}</ref> CNN<ref>{{Cite web|first=Breeanna|last=Hare|date=2014-03-24|title='The Good Wife's' shocking death explained|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/showbiz/tv/the-good-wife-death/index.html|access-date=2021-07-01|publisher=CNN|language=en}}</ref> and IndieWire.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Ehrlich|first1=David|date=2019-01-22|title=Samuel L. Jackson's 13 Best Performances — IndieWire Critics Survey|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/samuel-l-jackson-best-performances-1202037243/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=IndieWire|language=en}}</ref>
* In 1993, Time Magazine included Joanna in a article titled "Attack of The Blurbmeisters"<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Zoglin|first=Richard|date=1993-03-15|title=Attack of The Blurbmeisters|language=en-US|magazine=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,977950,00.html|access-date=2021-12-10|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
* The Washington Post published Joanna's review of the movies Piercing Brosnan<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1988/01/31/piercing-brosnan/90c7eb00-d273-4e8b-b69b-782770cb2d6a/}}</ref> and The Fourth Protocol.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Langfield |first=Joanna |date=1988-01-31 |title=PIERCING BROSNAN |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1988/01/31/piercing-brosnan/90c7eb00-d273-4e8b-b69b-782770cb2d6a/ |access-date=2021-07-01 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
* Joanna was a regular contributor to [[WBSM]] radio for over 20 years on Friday mornings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joanna Langfield|url=https://wbsm.com/tags/joanna-langfield/|access-date=2021-12-10|website=1420 WBSM|language=en}}</ref>
* In April 1983, Joanna was the interviewer and producer for a [[NBC|NBC Radio]] Network special, ''A True Life Story, A Soap Opera Part 2.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=TRUE LIFE STORY, A: SOAP OPERA, PT. 2 (RADIO)|url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=soap&p=9&item=R85:0456|access-date=2021-07-01|website=paleycenter.org}}</ref>
* Joanna's review of the Broadway show Into The Woods was used in a [https://www.musikundbuehne.de/fileadmin/media/Downloads/Education_Packs/Into_the_Woods_Study_Guide.pdf Music Theatre International Study Guide].
* [[Andy Rooney]] included Joanna in his book Years of Minutes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rooney|first=Andy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETBYEHfpbxIC&dq=joanna&pg=PT219|title=Years of Minutes: The Best of Rooney from 60 Minutes|date=2007-10-09|publisher=PublicAffairs|isbn=978-1-58648-616-7|language=en}}</ref>
* In April of 2013, Joanna was a panelist at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan titled Israel in Short.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://2354a.bbnc.bbcust.com/page.aspx?pid=489}}</ref>
* On April 5, 2013, Joanna spoke about Roger Ebert who had recently passed away on [[WBSM]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Braley |first=Pete |date=2013-04-05 |title=WBSM Movie Critic Remembers Her Friend Roger Ebert |url=https://wbsm.com/wbsm-movie-critic-remembers-her-friend-roger-ebert-interview/ |access-date=2021-07-01 |website=1420 WBSM |language=en}}</ref>
* The movie movie Lions and Lambs quoted Jonna's review in their promotional material.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2022 |title= |url=https://biblioteca.ufm.edu/imagenes/doc_99929.pdf}}</ref>
* In 2019, IndieWire quoted Joanna about Samuel L. Jackson.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Ehrlich|first1=David|last2=Ehrlich|first2=David|date=2019-01-22|title=Samuel L. Jackson's 13 Best Performances — IndieWire Critics Survey|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/samuel-l-jackson-best-performances-1202037243/|access-date=2021-12-10|website=IndieWire|language=en}}</ref>
* Second Stage Theater promoted Joanna's positive review of their play Split, where Joanna said "makes you excited to be a theater-goer."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second Stage Theater |url=https://2st.com/past-shows/season-1 |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=2st.com}}</ref>
* Many of Joanna's movie reviews can be found on Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/joanna-langfield/movies}}</ref>
* She wrote movie reviews for McCall's Magazine, Video Review Magazine,<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2022 |title=Amazon.com |url=https://www.amazon.com/Video-Review-Magazine-Vol-1992/dp/B00FKIHJQA |url-status=live}}</ref> and has been interviewed on BBC Radio and Television.
* For the movie P.S. I Love You, Joanna's positive review was used in the advertisements.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2022 |title=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/express/pdfs/EXPRESS_12212007.pdf}}</ref>
* Joanna's top movies of the year were published in the Village Voice in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-13|title=The Village Voice Film Poll|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/02/13/the-village-voice-film-poll/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=The Village Voice}}</ref>
* Hollywood in Toto spoke to Joanna about new mediums for film criticism in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-11-10|title=Veteran Critic Joanna Langfield Embraces New Media|url=https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/critic-joanna-langfield-embraces-new-media/|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Hollywood in Toto|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Film critic Bobby Rivers said he saw the movie Whip It with Joanna.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2022 |title= |url=http://bobbyriverstv.blogspot.com/2013/07/director-drew-barrymore.html |archive-url=http://bobbyriverstv.blogspot.com/2013/07/director-drew-barrymore.html}}</ref>
* Pete Wambach, a Patriot-News Columnist in Harrisburg, PA, said he "loved" Joanna's show in International Boxing Research Organization in June of 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ibro_newsletter-18.pdf}}</ref>
* The Projection Booth podcast had Joanna as a guest in 2017 to discuss the movie ''A Few Good Men''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Projection Booth Podcast - Special Report: A Few Good Men (1992) on Stitcher|url=https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-projection-booth/episode/special-report-a-few-good-men-1992-52535518|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Stitcher}}</ref>
* CNN quoted one of Joanna's posts on Twitter where she spoke about a recent death on the show The Good Wife.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Breeanna|last=Hare|date=2014-03-24|title='The Good Wife's' shocking death explained|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/showbiz/tv/the-good-wife-death/index.html|access-date=2021-07-01|publisher=CNN|language=en}}</ref>
* The Ram newspaper, published by Fordham University, quoted Joanna after she reviewed the movie The Sheltering Sky on December 6, 1990.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Sheltering Sky|via=Fordham University Libraries Digital Collections|url=https://www.library.fordham.edu/digital/item/collection/RAM/id/20883|access-date=2021-07-01|work=The Ram|date=1990-12-06|page=6}}</ref>
* Hank Gallo profiled Joanna in the New York Daily News.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://twitter.com/Joannalangfield/status/1413141027699920911?s=20&t=sjLJENKmsqW8S4_hwg5mVQ}}</ref>
* In July 2021, Joanna was interviewed by Rachel's Reviews about what it means to be a women movie critic and how the industry had changed since she started.<ref>{{Citation|title=Female Film Critics Speak Out vol 14 (Joanna Langfield, Cait Kennedy)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwW4jdz6v8|publisher=Rachel's Reviews|language=en|access-date=2021-07-07|via=YouTube}}</ref>
* For the movie In The Line of Fire, Joanna is quoted as saying "May be one of the best thrillers ever!"<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Eastwood|first1=Clint|url=https://www.amazon.com/Line-Fire-Clint-Eastwood/dp/B000GQRI7Q/ref=nodl_|title=In the Line of Fire|last2=Malkovich|first2=John|last3=Russo|first3=Rene|date=1994-01-01|publisher=Columbia Pictures}}</ref>
* In 2017, Joanna was included in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette's roundup of female movie critic picks of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-20 |title=Female critics pick film favorites |url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2017/jan/20/female-critics-pick-favorites-20170120/ |access-date=2021-12-10 |website=Arkansas Online |language=en}}</ref>
* A list of Joanna's best movies for baby's was published in the book The Expert Parent by Bethany Kandel and Thelma Kandel<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Kandel|first1=Bethany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uJXzA_jAybAC&dq=joanna&pg=PA167|title=The Expert Parent|last2=Kandel|first2=Thelma|date=August 1997|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-89199-2|language=en}}</ref>.
* Joanna has been interviewed on the podcast, the Projector Booth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Projector Booth |url=https://podknife.com/podcasts/the-projection-booth-podcast}}</ref>

== Family ==<!-- Needs expansion. -->

* Joanna is the granddaughter of [[Ida Elionsky]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fox|first=Alison|title=1st woman to swim around Manhattan finally recognized as pioneering athlete|publisher=amNewYork|url=https://www.amny.com/news/swim-around-manhattan-1916-1-28236891/|access-date=2021-06-30|language=en-US}}</ref>

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