What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised for her subjective and sometimes ruthless reviews, Kael’s writing was refreshingly and intensely rooted in her experience of watching a film as a member of the audience. Loved and hated in equal measure – loved by other critics for whom she was immensely influential, and hated by filmmakers whose films she trashed - Kael destroyed films that have since become classics such as The Sound of Music and raved about others such as Bonnie and Clyde. She was also aware of the perennial difficulties for women working in the movies and in film criticism, and fiercely fought sexism, both in her reviews and in her media appearances.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
as Pauline's Voice Over
Quentin Tarantino
as Self
David O. Russell
as Self
Alec Baldwin
as Self
Francis Ford Coppola
as Self
Paul Schrader
as Self
John Boorman
as Self
Robert Towne
as Self
Gina James
as Self
Marcia Nasatir
as Self
Christopher Durang
as Self
Carol Baum
as Self
Tom Pollock
as Self
Molly Haskell
as Self
David M. Edelstien
as Self
Camille Paglia
as Self
Woody Allen
as Self
William Peter Blatty
as Self
Peter Bogdanovich
as Self
Dick Cavett
as Self
Jerry Lewis
as Self
Norman Mailer
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