Pauline Kael - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/pauline_kael/?source=rss&aim=pauline_kael en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT The greatest living critic By Allen Barra Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/04/09/clive_james/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/04/09/clive_james/index.html?source=rss 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. The moviegoers By Laura Miller Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/28/lopate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/03/28/lopate/index.html?source=rss 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 Letters Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/07/01/kael_frank/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2004/07/01/kael_frank/index.html?source=rss 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. The gay attacks on Pauline Kael Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/25/seligman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/25/seligman/index.html?source=rss 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? "Afterglow: A Last Conversation With Pauline Kael" by Francis Davis By Allen Barra Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2002/11/20/kael/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2002/11/20/kael/index.html?source=rss 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. She lost it at the movies By David Thomson Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2001/09/05/pauline/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2001/09/05/pauline/index.html?source=rss As it happens, I did sit next to Pauline once in that dark. Remembering Pauline Kael Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/09/03/kael_remembrances/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/09/03/kael_remembrances/index.html?source=rss 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. The critic: Pauline Kael, R.I.P. By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/09/03/pauline_kael/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/09/03/pauline_kael/index.html?source=rss She was hard as nails. She was funny as hell. And she taught me everything I know about beauty. The book on film By Sarah Vowell Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/05/10/film_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/2000/05/10/film_books/index.html?source=rss Director Martin Scorsese presents a new series of books about film, starring James Agee, Vachel Lindsay, David Selznick and "2001." Pauline Kael on the fun of writing disrespectfully By Pauline Kael Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/03/16/nbcc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/03/16/nbcc/index.html?source=rss The movie critic's speech for the National Book Critics Circle awards. Nick Nolte By Steve Vineberg Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/12/14/nolte/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/12/14/nolte/index.html?source=rss 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. Critics: Who needs 'em? By Charles Taylor Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/08/18/critic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/08/18/critic/index.html?source=rss In a culture increasingly driven by hype, you do. A poem for Pauline Kael's 80th birthday By Roy Blount Jr. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/06/24/kael/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/06/24/kael/index.html?source=rss In the shadow of the screen By Pauline Kael Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/1999/05/17/kael/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/1999/05/17/kael/index.html?source=rss Pauline Kael picks five favorite novels that have something to do with the movies. Roger and him By Sarah Vowell Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1999/02/24/vowe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1999/02/24/vowe/index.html?source=rss Remembering Gene Siskel, 1946-1999. A gift for effrontery By Ken Tucker Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/02/09/kael/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/02/09/kael/index.html?source=rss Brash, jazzy and passionately idiosyncratic, Pauline Kael set the standard for American movie criticism. Screensaver: Teacher's pet By Chris Lee Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1999/01/21/21int/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1999/01/21/21int/index.html?source=rss "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. Ballad of a fat man By Charles Taylor Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/09/10/review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/09/10/review/index.html?source=rss Orson Welles' recently reissued noir classic 'Touch of Evil' may be the sleaziest good movie ever made. Media Circus: The shrieking sisterhood By Catherine Siepp Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/08/08/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/08/08/media/index.html?source=rss Why do I hate women's mags and their horrific editors? Because I just really, really feel that way.