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Kael

American  
[keyl] / keɪl /

noun

  1. Pauline, 1919–2001, U.S. film critic.


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Hungary's government commissioner for film industry development, Csaba Kael, said the tariffs issue has been raised with the Trump administration.

From Barron's Nov. 30, 2025

In her 1986 review, the legendary Pauline Kael famously summed up “Top Gun” as “a recruiting poster that isn’t concerned with recruiting but with being a poster.”

From Salon Oct. 10, 2025

The spot included a quote from critic Pauline Kael as writing The Godfather was “diminished by its artsiness”, when her actual review was decidedly positive.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2024

Did Orson Welles get too much glory for “Citizen Kane”? Absolutely, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael insists in this novella-length fire-starter about the making of the greatest movie of all time.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2024

"Here, Kael," said the father, singling out a fair-haired, intelligent-looking little fellow, "you can show the young lady the way to widow Marget Erikson's."

From Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker) Baker

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