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In a field that has historically embraced few women film critics, Kael was charismatic, controversial, witty, and discerning. Her decades-long berth at The New Yorker energized her fans (“Paulettes”) and infuriated her detractors on a weekly basis. Her turbo-charged prose famously championed the New Hollywood Cinema of the late 1960s and ‘70s (BONNIE AND CLYDE, NASHVILLE, CARRIE, TAXI DRIVER) and the work of major European directors (François Truffaut, Bernardo Bertolucci), while mercilessly panning some of the biggest studio hits (THE SOUND OF MUSIC, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, DIRTY HARRY). Her creepy battle with Andrew Sarris and his auteur theory was legendary, and her stint in Hollywood, trying her hand at producing, was a disaster. Sarah Jessica Parker reads from Kael’s reviews; filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Paul Schrader, and Francis Ford Coppola and critics Camille Paglia, Molly Haskell, Greil Marcus, and David Edelstein speak to her enormous gifts and influence.
Original Release
03/22/2019
US Release
12/25/2019
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Pauline Kael | Self / Self (archive footage) |
John Guare | Self |
David Edelstein | Self |
Greil Marcus | Self |
Gina James | Self |
Camille Paglia | Self |
Brian Kellow | Self |
Craig Seligman | Self |
Jaime Manrique | Self |
Daryl Chin | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Pauline Kael | Self / Self (archive footage) |
John Guare | Self |
David Edelstein | Self |
Greil Marcus | Self |
Gina James | Self |
Camille Paglia | Self |
Brian Kellow | Self |
Craig Seligman | Self |
Jaime Manrique | Self |
Daryl Chin | Self |
Dick Cavett | Self |
Lili Anolik | Self |
Edward Landberg | Self |
James Wolcott | Self |
Paul Schrader | Self |
Molly Haskell | Self |
Phillip Lopate | Self |
David O. Russell | Self |
Christopher Durang | Self |
Chester Villilba | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bobby Campbell | Executive Producer |
Erken Ialgashev | Executive Producer |
Rob Garver | Producer |
Robert Berens | Producer |
Douglas Blush | Producer |
Julia Kim-von Den Driesch | Producer |
Rich Remsberg | Producer |
Eugeniy Schastniy | Producer |
Sean M. Stuart | Producer |
Glen Zipper | Producer |