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Pauline Kael

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pauline Kael , 1919-2001, American film critic, b. Petaluma, Calif. Possessed of an extensive knowledge of the technical aspects of moviemaking and a feisty, pop-inflected style, Kael was noted for her provocative, passionate, and tough-minded film criticism. An extremely influential figure, she first attracted attention for her attack on the auteur theory, and later went on to champion the work of such filmmakers as Francis Coppola , Robert Altman , Martin Scorsese , and Steven Spielberg . After having written for Partisan Review, The New Republic, McCall's, and other journals in... Read more
Kael, Pauline
The Oxford Companion to American Literature Kael, Pauline (1919–), California‐born film critic for The New Yorker who retired in 1991. Her reviews are collected in I Lost... Read more
Pauline Kael
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...Her witty, biting, highly opinionated, and sharply focused reviews (of which five more collections were eventually published) made her arguably the most influential American film critic of her time. Pauline Kael Pauline Kael Pauline Kael Read more

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PAULINE KAEL, 82; REDEFINED MOVIE CRITICISM
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/4/2001; ; 700+ words ; Pauline Kael, who during her 23 years as...art form and audience, Ms. Kael's best-known rhetorical ploy...the very things that made Ms. Kael so idiosyncratic a writer...Paulettes." It is a mark of Ms. Kael's influence that their ranks...girl from a bookish family," Pauline Kael ... Read more
THE PEARLS OF PAULINE AS MOVIE CRITIC FOR THE NEW YORKER, PAULINE KAEL HAS MADE MORE ENEMIES, INFLUENCED MORE WRITERS, AND DELIGHTED MORE READERS THAN ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS MADE A CAREER OF LOOKING AT IMAGES MOVING ON A SCREEN. A VISIT WITH THE CRITIC AT 70.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/11/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...that I have for movies and books," Pauline Kael says. "People tell me about things...For no one quite loves movies as Pauline Kael does, or so loathes the bad ones...her career it's hard to deny that Pauline Kael is the greatest movie critic America... Read more
Profile: Pauline Kael dies at age 82
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/4/2001; ; 327 words ; 00-00-0000 Profile: Pauline Kael dies at age 82 Host: ROBERT SIEGEL...some words you'd want to hear. Ms. PAULINE KAEL (Film Critic): (From previous broadcast...film critic. In typical fashion, Pauline Kael could take delight in popular movies... Read more
Interview: David Thomson discusses the career of film critic Pauline Kael, who died yesterday at age 82
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 9/4/2001; ; 644 words ; ...discusses the career of film critic Pauline Kael, who died yesterday at age 82 Host...I'm Bob Edwards. Movie critic Pauline Kael died yesterday at her home in Great...Soundbite from 1995 interview) Ms. PAULINE KAEL (Movie Critic): We feel that we... Read more
Kael on Film: The Pearls of Pauline
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/26/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...LOVE Complete Reviews 1988-1991 By Pauline Kael Dutton/Abrahams. 348 pp. $24.95...brief announcement: "We regret that Pauline Kael feels that it's time, after twenty-fo...reviews, may very well be her last. Kael is the finest film critic in America... Read more
The Superbly Opinionated Pauline Kael
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/5/2001; ; 700+ words ; Say this for Pauline Kael -- you always knew where she stood. No waffling obscurantism for Kael...debased, she was a media "star" -- somebody whose opinion mattered. If Pauline Kael liked a film (or rather, to adopt her preferred term, a movie) it... Read more
Pauline Kael was the Queen Bee of film criticism.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 9/5/2001; ; 700+ words ; Like many larger-than-life figures, Pauline Kael, the contentious movie essayist who died...conflagration that still rages. With Pauline _ as with Cher or Liza, the surname is...with spit, hysteria and opportunism. Kael championed the visceral work of directors...until her retirement in 1991 at age ... Read more
Conversations with Pauline Kael
Magazine article from: Journal of American Culture; 7/1/1998; ; 320 words ; Conversations with Pauline Kael. Will Brantley, ed. Jackson...Mississippi, 1996. 202 pp. Pauline Kael is not only a film reviewer...summed it up like this: Kael made us aware of the voice...was not to sound like Pauline. Those of us in popular... Read more
Analysis: Career of movie critic Pauline Kael
Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); 9/8/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Analysis: Career of movie critic Pauline Kael Host: SCOTT SIMON Time: 1:00-2...cradle of football. But first, for Pauline Kael, the movies were just that, movies...notably for The New Yorker magazine, Pauline Kael set the bar for movie-writing... Read more
Dancer in the Darkness: Passionate in her devotion to the pleasures of cinema, Pauline Kael (1919-2001) transformed movie reviewing.(Transition)(Arts and Entertainment)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 9/17/2001; ; 481 words ; Pauline Kael was famous for seeing movies only once, and...movies she adored. I wasn't a close friend of Pauline's--years could go by between phone calls...fans and foes, her presence was inescapable. Kael used her intimidating intellect (she'd studied... Read more

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