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Pauline Kael

remembrances June 7, 2019

“Honey, you shouldn’t be showing that to anyone:” Why Pauline Kael Was My CriticHer writing always seemed like a journey, an elevated form of thinking out loud.

By David Edelstein
Apr. 19, 2018

Michelle Dean’s Sharp Tells the Origin Stories of 10 Essential Female CriticsAcross these portraits it’s possible to trace currents in American literary history as it unfolded between World War I and now.

By Christian Lorentzen

obits June 20, 2012

David Edelstein on Andrew Sarris, 1928–2012“When he loved something, he could barely contain himself.”

By David Edelstein
obits June 20, 2012

You Obsess About Movie Directors Because of Andrew Sarris, Who Is Dead at 83The film critic, who helped spread the auteur theory in America, passed away Wednesday morning.

By Gilbert Cruz
news reel June 1, 2007

Would Pauline Kael Have Blogged?