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Pauline Kael

Arts Movies & TV

Trash, Art, and the Movies

There is so much talk now about the art of the film that we may be in danger of forgetting that most of the movies we enjoy are not works of art.

Pauline Kael Harper's Feb 1969 1h Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Raising Kane

An essay on Orson Welles’ (and/or Herman Mankiewicz’s) 1941 film Citizen Kane.

Pauline Kael New Yorker Feb 1971 3h5min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Why Are Movies So Bad? Or, The Numbers

Hollywood makes bad movies because “rotten pictures make money.”

Pauline Kael New Yorker Jun 1980 25min Permalink