Pauline Kael reviewed films for The New Yorker for more than 20 years, and she was and still is widely acknowledged as ...

Ridley Scott hasn’t read reviews of his films in more than 40 years, all thanks to the iconic late critic Pauline Kael. Auteur Scott told The Hollywood Reporter that after Kael eviscerated his ...

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Pauline Kael is arguably the most studied and celebrated film critic of all time, praised by many as one of the few writers to elevate the act of criticism to an art form. Kael was film critic for The ...

At 87 years old, director Ridley Scott has seen a tremendous amount of success over the course of his career. His films have grossed billions at the box office and taken home nine Academy Awards, ...

September 4 -- NEW YORK (Reuters) — Pauline Kael, whose long and passionate movie reviews in the New Yorker mobilized and divided fans and filmmakers alike, died on Monday at her home in Great ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brian De Palma apparently was less than enthused by Pauline Kael’s scathing “Body Double” review. The legendary critic didn’t seem ...

American film critic Pauline Kael was a brash, exuberant female writer at a time when most of her colleagues were buttoned up — and male. The... Pauline Kael was a film critic for The New Yorker from ...