If I could demolish any one idea in the history of film criticism, I think it would be the often stated canard that Pauline Kael wrote flashy exuberant prose, spilling her gut reactions to a movie all ...

Documentary "What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael" attempts to shine a light on the film critic's legacy. (Courtesy Juno Films) Norman Mailer used to call her “Lady Vinegar.” David Lean claimed he ...

Is there anyone who came of age in the 1960s and ’70s and writes about movies — or even thinks about them — who wasn’t marked by Pauline Kael? With attitude, arrogance, knowledge, and voice, the late ...

According to iconic film critic Pauline Kael, Quentin Tarantino borrowed the opening credits for “Jackie Brown” from filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. While Tarantino has been open about his admiration for ...

Say this for Pauline Kael -- you always knew where she stood. No waffling obscurantism for Kael, and she never descended to the cover-all-bases critical absurdities that playwright Edward Albee ...

The well-crafted What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is a fascinating tribute to a maverick film critic who celebrated high and low art indiscriminately, and was also quick to point out in her ...

September 4 -- NEW YORK (Reuters) — Pauline Kael, whose long and passionate movie reviews in the New Yorker mobilized and divided fans and filmmakers alike, died on Monday at her home in Great ...

Pauline Kael was the most powerful and controversial film critic of her time. She was a woman in a field dominated by men. She wrote with passion, humor, insight and sometimes a surprising macho ...

In an interview with THR chief film critic Todd McCarthy, Brian Kellow also discusses her naivete when it came to Hollywood -- and what didn't make the book. By Todd McCarthy Viking Adult; 432 pages; ...

To filmgoers, filmmakers and even film critics of a certain generation, no figure loomed larger than Pauline Kael. Few if any of her colleagues — Roger Ebert comes to mind — had her breadth of ...