Pauline Kael (1919–2001)
Author of 5001 Nights at the Movies
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Works by Pauline Kael
Black films and film-makers: A comprehensive anthology from stereotype to superhero (1975) — Contributor — 7 copies
State of the Art: 2 2 copies
Early Uncollected Kael 1 copy
Associated Works
The Dylan Companion: A Collection of Essential Writing About Bob Dylan (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 95 copies
Last Tango in Paris: The Screenplay With Photographs From The Film (1973) — Contributor, some editions; Contributor — 35 copies
Awake in the Dark: An Anthology of American Film Criticism, 1915 to the Present (1977) — Contributor — 24 copies
Three Screen Comedies by Samson Raphaelson: Trouble in Paradise; The Shop Around the Corner; Heaven Can Wait (1983) — Introduction — 9 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1919-06-19
- Date of death
- 2001-09-03
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Petaluma, California, USA
- Place of death
- Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
San Francisco, California, USA - Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Occupations
- film critic
ad-copy writer - Relationships
- Broughton, James (lover)
James, Gina (daughter) - Organizations
- McCall's
The New Republic
The New Yorker - Awards and honors
- George Polk Award (1970)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1970)
National Book Award (1974)
Crystal Award (1978)
Muse Award (1980)
Mel Novikoff Award (1991) (show all 9)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Special Award (1994)
Gotham Independent Film Awards Writer Award (1995)
OFTA Film Hall of Fame (2012) - Short biography
- Pauline Kael was born in Petaluma, California, to a family of Jewish immigrants. In 1936, she entered the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied philosophy, literature, and art. She became one of the most influential American film critics of her era. She wrote for The New Yorker from 1967 until her retirement in 1991. As the magazine's film critic, she wrote hundreds of Current Cinema columns, as well as many shorter film reviews. She was the author of 13 books, including I Lost It at the Movies (1965), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (1968), Deeper Into Movies (which won the 1974 National Book Award), and 5001 Nights at the Movies (1982). She received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1964 and received Front Page Awards from the Newswomen's Club of New York in 1974 and 1983. She won a George Polk Memorial Award in 1970.
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- Works
- 40
- Also by
- 14
- Members
- 2,841
- Popularity
- #9,033
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 22
- ISBNs
- 93
- Languages
- 3
- Favorited
- 20
Her reviews sometimes have a stream-of-consciousness quality. Not only do we get her thoughts at the typewriter after the screening, but her mood as she walked in the theatre and sat down. Reviewing was not adhering to some objective standard of quality, it was personal.
Anyone that has ever engaged with “the arts” knows that objectivity is a farce, there is too much baggage in us for that. And anyone can write from that position, I suppose, but Pauline Kael had dynamite style for the ages.
I adore her, she's the One!… (more)