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May 22, 2020 · In Garver’s film, What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael, we do get the warts, but they’ve been airbrushed, even if only slightly. The film also tries to pack an entire lifetime into its 100 minutes, which often gives the feeling of rushing through the major events of Kael’s life. Those few reservations aside, What She Said is a ...
Jan 16, 2020 · What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael. ( USA, 95 min.) Dir. Rob Garver. Most film critics can name the review that got them hooked. For me, it was Manohla Dargis’s review of A History of Violence for the New York Times. It was a marvel to read a New York based critic who completely understood the film’s decidedly Canadian sense of humour.
Tagged by Roger Ebert as the most influential film critic of her day, the film investigates turbulent life and controversial work of Pauline Kael, through her published writing, letters, never-seen archival footage and interviews with friends and foes of her pen, including Quentin Tarantino and Camille Paglia.
1. 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. One of the most influential American film critics of ...
Tagged by Roger Ebert as the most influential film critic of her day, the film investigates turbulent life and controversial work of Pauline Kael, through her published writing, letters, never-seen archival footage and interviews with friends and foes of her pen, including Quentin Tarantino and Camille Paglia.
Tagged by Roger Ebert as the most influential film critic of her day, the film investigates turbulent life and controversial work of Pauline Kael, through her published writing, letters, never-seen archival footage and interviews with friends and foes of her pen, including Quentin Tarantino and Camille Paglia.
Tagged by Roger Ebert as the most influential film critic of her day, the film investigates turbulent life and controversial work of Pauline Kael, through her published writing, letters, never-seen archival footage and interviews with friends and foes of her pen, including Quentin Tarantino and Camille Paglia.
