Pauline Kael was the most lauded film critic of her time. She wrote with an unparalleled vigor and passion, with brilliant insight and a ferocious wit. She showed that film criticism was worth ...

The Age of Movies' is described as the first new selection of Pauline Kael's work "in more than a generation." That the last selection of her work came out just 17 years ago suggests a generation ...

Pauline Kael, long-time New Yorker film critic, was famous for her scathing, but honest movie reviews. She took digs at many popular films like The Sound of Music and Star Wars with no inhibitions.

For film critics of a certain generation, present company included, the most difficult part of their job has been to banish Pauline Kael’s voice from their heads. As the chief movie reviewer for ...

Did Orson Welles get too much glory for “Citizen Kane”? Absolutely, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael insists in this novella-length fire-starter about the making of the greatest movie of ...