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If a team of scientists crossed the DNA of Edmund Wilson with Pauline Kael, and added a dash of Wilfrid Sheed, they would come up with Clive James.
By Allen Barra
April 9, 2007
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Film critics let us know what's worth seeing on the big screen, but they've also been fighting our fiercest cultural battles for nearly a century
By Laura Miller
March 28, 2006
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Most readers agree Pauline Kael wasn't a homophobe -- but dissenters are heard from. Plus: Kansans and moderate Democrats respond to our interview with Thomas Frank.
July 1, 2004
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How did America's leading film critic, who was fearlessly opposed to cant and dogma of all stripes, come to be seen as a homophobe?
June 25, 2004
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In her last long interview, the late, great movie critic talks about everything from "Deep Throat" to Stephen Spielberg and "American Beauty." Plus, Kael's final Q&A -- with 10-year-old Maggie Barra.
By Allen Barra
November 20, 2002
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As it happens, I did sit next to Pauline once in that dark.
By David Thomson
September 5, 2001
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Greil Marcus, Roger Ebert, Allen Barra, Michael Sragow and Charles Taylor remember the influential critic's caustic wit, sharp opinions and boundless enthusiasm for film and writing.
September 3, 2001
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She was hard as nails. She was funny as hell. And she taught me everything I know about beauty.
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 3, 2001
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Director Martin Scorsese presents a new series of books about film, starring James Agee, Vachel Lindsay, David Selznick and "2001."
By Sarah Vowell
May 10, 2000
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The movie critic's speech for the National Book Critics Circle awards.
By Pauline Kael
March 16, 2000
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An actor of extraordinary range and physical presence, he shines in roles where the tough-guy hero is strung up by the depth of his own feelings.
By Steve Vineberg
December 14, 1999
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In a culture increasingly driven by hype, you do.
By Charles Taylor
August 18, 1999
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By Roy Blount Jr.
June 24, 1999
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Pauline Kael picks five favorite novels that have something to do with the movies.
By Pauline Kael
May 17, 1999
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Remembering Gene Siskel, 1946-1999.
By Sarah Vowell
February 24, 1999
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Brash, jazzy and passionately idiosyncratic, Pauline Kael set the standard for American movie criticism.
By Ken Tucker
February 9, 1999
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"Rushmore" director Wes Anderson talks about his first "collaborative" writing effort, his recent pilgrimage to the home of Pauline Kael and New York telephone booths.
By Chris Lee
January 21, 1999
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Orson Welles' recently reissued noir classic 'Touch of Evil' may be the sleaziest good movie ever made.
By Charles Taylor
September 10, 1998
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Why do I hate women's mags and their horrific editors? Because I just really, really feel that way.
By Catherine Siepp
August 8, 1997
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