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Pauline-Kael

Film Commentary: The Books That Shaped My Film Aesthetic

Here’s a personal list of the 25 most important, influential books about American cinema. Only one book per author.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Carlos Clarens, Carol J. Clover, Charles Flynn, Danny Peary, David Bordwell, David Thomson, Donald Bogle, Dwight Macdonald, James Agee, Jim Kitses, Jonas Mekas, Joseph McBride, Kevin Brownlow, Kristin Thompson, Leonard Maltin, Lillian Ross, Molly Haskell, Pauline-Kael, Peter Wollen, Ray Carney, Richard Corliss, Robin Wood, Todd McCarthy, Vito Russo

Film Review: “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael” — Rebellion Has an Expiration Date

Pauline Kael capitalized on counterculture snobbery, the pecking order of the oh-so enlightened.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Pauline-Kael, What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Book Review: “Movie Freak” — A Critic Who Doesn’t Hold Back

If Owen Gleiberman has any complaint against today’s world of criticism it’s that everyone seems to be speaking in one voice.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Entertainment Weekly, Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies, Owen Gleiberman, Pauline-Kael

Response: Critical Justification

A certain number of people (not huge) want to read critics who take the arts seriously, who do more than tell readers what is worth spending their money on.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: American-Repertory-Theatre, Pauline-Kael, Persona Non Grata, Theater, theater-critic, theater-criticism, theater-reviews, Thomas-Garvey

Arts Commentary: Pauline Kael’s Critical Influence — Revisited

The Hub Review features a perceptively waspish consideration of Pauline Kael’s unhealthy influence on film reviewers, taking scathing aim at a couple of her jittery heirs, A.O. Scott of the NYTimes and  Ty Burr of the Boston Globe. I particularly like Tom Garvey’s concluding paragraph: But if the Paulettes have all repudiated their maker, where’s her baleful […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film Tagged: Books, criticism, Film, film-reviewing, Pauline-Kael, Reviews

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