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Pauline Kael ( / keɪl /; June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, [2] Kael's opinions often ran contrary to those of her contemporaries.
Oct 14, 2011 · In this week’s issue, I write about Pauline Kael, who was a New Yorker film critic from 1968 to 1991, and whose reviewing helped establish several movies of the late sixties and...
Jun 15, 2024 · Pauline Kael (born June 19, 1919, Petaluma, California, U.S.—died September 3, 2001, Great Barrington, Massachusetts) was a prominent American film critic of the second half of the 20th century. Kael graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1940.
Oct 14, 2011 · THE longtime New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael didn’t just write about movies — she made it seem as if they were worth fighting about. Nearly 20 years after her retirement and a decade after...
Apr 10, 1994 · Pauline Kael wrote for The New Yorker from 1967 until her retirement, in 1991. In 1968, shortly after the publication of her review of “Bonnie and Clyde,” she became the...
Jun 19, 2019 · T he best way to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Pauline Kael, one of the most influential film critics in the short history of cinema, is, of course, to read her work.
Oct 17, 2011 · Pauline Kael was that kind of critic, and, in her first years on the job at The New Yorker, she reviewed many of these movies with gusto. She’d scarcely started, though, when something cooled...
