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WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL – Review by Sheila Roberts

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Sheila Roberts (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments documentaries, molly haskell, motw, Movie of the Week, rob garber, the art of pauline kael, what she said

Rob Garver’s documentary deftly captures Pauline Kael’s lifelong love and passionate celebration of cinema. The film is entertaining and engaging as it navigates pivotal moments in Kael’s prominent career — from writing her essay on Raising Kane in which she argues Herman Mankiewicz’s substantial contributions to the authorship of Citizen Kane, to her short-lived collaboration with Warren Beatty that brought her to Hollywood after Bonnie and Clyde.

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WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL – Review by Loren King

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Loren King 0 Comments documentaries, film criticism, molly haskell, rob garver, the art of pauline kael, what she said

Pauline Kael, who wrote about film for The New Yorker, was one of the few high profile women critics in the 60s and early 70s and is credited with inventing modern film criticism with her colloquial, smart but non-academic approach. This entertaining documentary, essential for cinephiles and anyone who writes about film, traces Kael’s career as she struggled for years to eke out a living as a critic while raising her daughter, Gina James (interviewed in the film) on her own, a most unconventional undertaking in the late ‘40s.

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