Pauline Kael

  • The greatest living critic

    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

  • The moviegoers

    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

  • Letters

    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

  • The gay attacks on Pauline Kael

    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

  • "Afterglow: A Last Conversation With Pauline Kael" by Francis Davis

    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

  • She lost it at the movies

    As it happens, I did sit next to Pauline once in that dark.
    By David Thomson September 5, 2001

  • Remembering Pauline Kael

    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

  • The critic: Pauline Kael, R.I.P.

    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

  • The book on film

    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

  • Pauline Kael on the fun of writing disrespectfully

    The movie critic's speech for the National Book Critics Circle awards.
    By Pauline Kael March 16, 2000

  • Nick Nolte

    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

  • Critics: Who needs 'em?

    In a culture increasingly driven by hype, you do.
    By Charles Taylor August 18, 1999

  • A poem for Pauline Kael's 80th birthday

    By Roy Blount Jr. June 24, 1999

  • In the shadow of the screen

    Pauline Kael picks five favorite novels that have something to do with the movies.
    By Pauline Kael May 17, 1999

  • Roger and him

    Remembering Gene Siskel, 1946-1999.
    By Sarah Vowell February 24, 1999

  • A gift for effrontery

    Brash, jazzy and passionately idiosyncratic, Pauline Kael set the standard for American movie criticism.
    By Ken Tucker February 9, 1999

  • Screensaver: Teacher's pet

    "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

  • Ballad of a fat man

    Orson Welles' recently reissued noir classic 'Touch of Evil' may be the sleaziest good movie ever made.
    By Charles Taylor September 10, 1998

  • Media Circus: The shrieking sisterhood

    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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